Architectural analysis of musculoskeletal ultrasound images

Acknowledgements Foremost, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor Prof. Filippo Molinari for the continuous support in this work, for his patience, motivation and knowledge. His guidance helped me in all the time of research and writing of this thesis. My sincere thanks also goes to Dr. Caresio, for their enthusiastic support and guidance through every step of this project and for all they have taught me. I would like to thank my family: my parents Claudio and Maria Grazia and my brothers Raffaele and Matteo, for supporting me throughout my life. My gratitude also to my housemate Stefano and to all friends for the fun we have had in these years. Finally, my deepest appreciation to my girlfriend, Vanessa, whose love and support are always the first reason that allow me to do anything of value.