Medical Image Analysis
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 351-360 , February 2012

Segmentation of 3D radio frequency echocardiography using a spatio-temporal predictor

  • P.C. Pearlman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8042, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: University Medical Center Utrecht, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel.:+31 88 75 56053.
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  • H.D. Tagare

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8042, USA
    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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  • B.A. Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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  • A.J. Sinusas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
  • ,
  • J.S. Duncan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8042, USA
    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA

Received 28 January 2011 ,Revised 30 August 2011 ,Accepted 14 September 2011.

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PII: S1361-8415(11)00130-7

doi: 10.1016/j.media.2011.09.002

Medical Image Analysis
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 351-360 , February 2012