Title :
Multi-Assignment Interacting Multiple Model for Tracking Microbubbles
Author :
Bing Li ; Tay, P. ; Acton, Scott T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA
fDate :
Oct. 28 2005-Nov. 1 2005
Abstract :
A novel multi-target tracking (MTT) method is developed in this paper, which is specifically designed to track microbubbles in vitro. The microbubbles, which frequently overlap and move erratically, are accurately tracked by a tailored multi-assignment (MA) algorithm combined with the interacting multiple model (IMM) estimator. The superiority of the proposed modified multi-assignment interacting multiple model (MA-IMM) tracking algorithm is demonstrated by way of a comparison to three other approaches
Keywords :
biomedical ultrasonics; target tracking; multiassignment interacting multiple model; multitarget tracking method; tracking microbubbles; ultrasound contrast agent; vitro; Adhesives; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical measurements; Blood vessels; Diseases; In vitro; Molecular imaging; State estimation; Target tracking; Ultrasonic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Signals, Systems and Computers, 2005. Conference Record of the Thirty-Ninth Asilomar Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pacific Grove, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0131-3
DOI :
10.1109/ACSSC.2005.1599750
