Constrained Detection of Left Ventricular Boundaries from Cine CT Images of Human Hearts

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 521-533

  Taratorin, Alexander M ^a   Sideman, Samuel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

CINE CT IMAGES; CONSTRAINED DETECTION; HUMAN HEARTS; LEFT VENTRICULAR BOUNDARIES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0027658830     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.241880     Document Type: Article

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