Simulation of MRI cluster plots and application to neurological segmentation

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-92

  Simmons, Andrew ^a,b   Arridge, Simon R ^c   Barker, Gareth J ^d   Williams, Steven C R ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster classification; Image processing; Magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0030068145     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0730-725X(95)02040-Z     Document Type: Article

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