Abstract
We present a novel technique for segmenting blood vessels in ultrasound color Doppler images based on shape decomposition. Ultrasound color Doppler images frequently suffer from a vessel linking artifact called 'color bleeding '. The proposed technique decomposes a complex binary object representing either two or more vessels artificially linked together or a main vessel with its branches. The resulting simple parts represent distinct vessels that can be used in further object recognition and quantification applications.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1699935 |
Pages (from-to) | 691-694 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Proceedings - International Conference on Pattern Recognition |
Volume | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2006 |
Event | 18th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, ICPR 2006 - Hong Kong, China Duration: Aug 20 2006 → Aug 24 2006 |