title: Morphometric analysis of sonographic images by spatial geometric modeling.
abstract: A methodology able to derive spatial geometric models from input sequences of sonographic slices is proposed. The developed modeling procedure can be utilized to perform computer-assisted anatomic 3D analysis both on all echo space and selected subregions. The modeling procedure is mainly composed of three sequential phases: a) automatic acquisition and preprocessing of time sequences of 2D echotomograms; b) 3D reconstruction of images and computing of discrete distance maps of selected echoes according to predefined projective laws; and c) generation of a spatial geometric model of the examined object starting from the previously computed maps.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Radiologia, Università di Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Braccini
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Salvetti
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D016477:Artifacts; D007089:Image Enhancement; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D008961:Models, Structural; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods