A dual approach for minimizing false lesion classifications on magnetic resonance images

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 94-102

  Bedell, Barry J ^a   Narayana, Ponnada A ^a   Wolinsky, Jerry S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

image registration; lesion quantitation; multiple sclerosis; segmentation

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE REGISTRATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TISSUE;

FAST SPIN ECHOS; LESION CLASSIFICATION; LESION QUANTITATION; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER CONTRASTS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SEGMENTATION METHODS; SIGNAL ATTENUATION; TISSUE SEGMENTATION;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0031035547     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910370114     Document Type: Article

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