Automatic prostate boundary recognition in ultrasound images

• Main Author: Wu, Ruoyun.
• Other Authors: Ling, Keck Voon
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Control and instrumentation::Medical electronics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/3777
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis describes the research and development of a boundary recognition system for transrectal prostate ultrasound images, aiming to achieve high robustness and speed. This research adopted model-based boundary identification scheme, which has been widely accepted in the boundary identification...