Automatic detection of intradural spaces in mr images

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 963-969

  Ardekani, Babak A ^a,c   Braun, Michael ^a   Kanno, Iwao ^c   Hutton, Brian F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND BLOOD VESSELS AKITA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Brain; Central nervous system; Image registration Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

IMAGE REGISTRATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

AUTOMATIC DETECTION; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; BRAIN ANATOMY; BRAIN TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; HEAD CONTOUR; HUMAN HEAD; IMAGES REGISTRATION; MR-IMAGES; PRE-PROCESSING STEP;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DURA MATER; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028104988     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199411000-00022     Document Type: Article

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