Title
Segmentation of echocardiographic images based on statistical modelling of the radio-frequency signal
Abstract
This work presents an algorithm for segmentation of ultrasound images based on the statistics of the radio-frequency (RF) signal. We first show that the Generalized Gaussian distribution can reliably model both fully (blood pool) and partially (tissue area) developed speckle in echocardiographic RF images. We then show that this probability density function (pdf) may be used in a maximum likelihood framework for tissue segmentation. Results are presented on both simulations and ultrasound cardiac images of clinical interest.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2006
EUSIPCO
gaussian distribution,biological tissues,echocardiography,image segmentation,maximum likelihood estimation,medical image processing,probability,radiofrequency imaging,statistical analysis,pdf,rf signal,echocardiographic rf images,echocardiographic image segmentation,generalized gaussian distribution,maximum likelihood framework,probability density function,radio-frequency signal,statistical modelling,tissue segmentation,ultrasound cardiac images,ultrasound image segmentation
DocType
ISSN
Citations 
Conference
2219-5491
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.57
3
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Olivier Bernard192.14
Jan D'hooge228432.31
Denis Friboulet340332.65