Ultrasound intima–media segmentation using Hough transform and dual snake model
X Xu, Y Zhou, X Cheng, E Song, G Li - Computerized Medical Imaging and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Common carotid artery intima–media thickness (IMT), which is usually measured upon
ultrasound images, is an important indicator to cardiovascular diseases. This paper
proposes a snake model based segmentation method to automatically detect the boundary
of intima–media for IMT measurement. In the proposed method, two contours are initialized
from line segments generated by Hough transform and then evolved simultaneously by dual
snake model for boundary detection. Experimental results show that the proposed method …
ultrasound images, is an important indicator to cardiovascular diseases. This paper
proposes a snake model based segmentation method to automatically detect the boundary
of intima–media for IMT measurement. In the proposed method, two contours are initialized
from line segments generated by Hough transform and then evolved simultaneously by dual
snake model for boundary detection. Experimental results show that the proposed method …
