Summary: G. Bebis et al. (Eds.): ISVC 2009, Part I, LNCS 5875, pp. 944­954, 2009.
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Automatic Data-Driven Parameterization for
Phase-Based Bone Localization in US
Using Log-Gabor Filters
Ilker Hacihaliloglu1
, Rafeef Abugharbieh1
, Antony Hodgson2
,
and Robert Rohling1,2
1
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, BC, Canada
ilkerh@ece.ubc.ca, rafeef@ece.ubc.ca, ahodgson@mech.ubc.ca,
rohling@ece.ubc.ca
Abstract. Intensity-invariant local phase-based feature extraction techniques
have been previously proposed for both soft tissue and bone surface localization
in ultrasound. A key challenge with such techniques is optimizing the selection

Source: Abugharbieh, Rafeef - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia

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