Validation of a knowledge-based boundary detection algorithm: A multicenter study

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 662-668

  Groch, Mark W ^a,b,g   Erwin, William D ^c   Murphy, Paul H ^d   Ali, Amjad ^b   Moore, Warren ^d   Ford, Patrick ^d   Qian, Jianzhong ^c   Barnett, Charles A ^e   Lette, Jean ^f  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Blood pool imaging; Cardiac performance imaging; Edge detection; Knowledge based systems

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BLOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0029936140     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00834528     Document Type: Article

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