B-mode ultrasound imaging is used extensively in medicine. Hence, there is a need to have
efficient segmentation tools to aid in computer-aided diagnosis, image-guided interventions …

This paper reviews ultrasound segmentation methods, in a broad sense, focusing on
techniques developed for medical B-mode ultrasound images. First, we present a review of …

Though the classical image-segmentation techniques have demonstrated their capability in
various applications, their performance degrades severely when they are applied to …

Segmentation remains a necessary step in medical imaging to obtain qualitative
measurements such as the location of objects of interest as well as for quantitative …

Ultrasound imaging has become one of the most popular medical imaging modalities with
numerous diagnostic applications. However, ultrasound (US) image segmentation, which is …

This article describes a novel approach to the semi-automatic segmentation of ultrasound
images. Assisted segmentation is particularly attractive when processing many slices …

Segmentation of ultrasound images is a challenging problem due to speckle, which corrupts
the image and can result in weak or missing image boundaries, poor signal to noise ratio …

Purpose Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women worldwide.
Ultrasound imaging is one of the most frequently used diagnostic tools to detect and classify …

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) constitutes a valuable technique for the diagnosis of
coronary atherosclerosis. The detection of lumen and media-adventitia borders in IVUS …

Due to the complicated structure of breast and poor quality of ultrasound images, accurately
and automatically locating regions of interest (ROIs) and segmenting tumors are challenging …