Automatic Myotendinous Junction Identification in Ultrasound Images Based on Junction-Based Template Measurements

• Main Authors: Guang-Quan Zhou (Author), Shi-Hao Hua (Author), Yikang He (Author), Kai-Ni Wang (Author), Dandan Zhou (Author), Hongxing Wang (Author), Ruoli Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: IEEE, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Tracking the myotendinous junction (MTJ) motion in consecutive ultrasound images is essential to assess muscle and tendon interaction and understand the mechanics’ muscle-tendon unit and its pathological conditions during motion. However, the inherent speckle noises and ambiguous boundari...