The accuracy of SPECT brain activation images: Propagation of reaistration errors

Medical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 1933-1942

  Raff, Ulrich ^a   Scherzinger, Ann L ^a   Vargas, Patricio F ^a   Simon, Jack H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

artificial neural networks; automated image analysis; MR neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BRAIN; GRAPHIC METHODS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NETWORK LAYERS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEUROIMAGING; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ABSOLUTE ERROR; AUTOMATED IMAGE ANALYSIS; AUTOMATED THRESHOLDING; BIMODAL HISTOGRAMS; CEREBRO SPINAL FLUIDS; GRADUATED NON CONVEXITIES; LEAST-SQUARE FITTING; SINGLE-HIDDEN-LAYER NEURAL NETWORKS;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0028572539     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597231     Document Type: Article

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