%0 Journal Article 
%A Zapata Pérez, Juan Francisco
%A Ruiz Merino, Ramón Jesús
%T A DSP-BASED active contour model
%D 2004
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10317/1252
%X In this paper a DSP-based active contour model for tracking of the endocardium in a sequence of echocardiographic
images is presented. If a contour is available in the first frame of a sequence, the contours in the
subsequent frames are segmented. Deformable active contours is a technique that combine geometry, physics
and approximation theory in order to solve problems of fundamental importance to medical image analysis;
such as segmentation, representation and matching of shapes, and the tracking of objects in movement. The
procedure has been developed on a DSP processor using its hardware features. The results are illustrated using
a sequence of four-chambers apical echocardiographic images.
%K Electrónica
%K Contornos deforma bles activos
%K Ultrasound image processing
%K Active deformable contours
%K Proceso de imagenes por ultrasonido
%K Procesador DSP
%K DSP processor
%~ GOEDOC, SUB GOETTINGEN