Automated detection of the left ventricular region in magnetic resonance images by Fuzzy C-Means model

International Journal of Cardiac Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 347-355

  Boudraa, Abd El Ouahab ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Fuzzy clustering; Fuzzy sets; Magnetic resonance images; Optimization; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0030853657     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005755819752     Document Type: Article

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