Interactive algorithms for the segmentation and quantitation of 3-D MRI brain scans

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-25

  Freeborough, Peter A ^a,b   Fox, Nick C ^a   Kitney, Richard I ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brain imaging; image processing; MR; volumetrics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERACTIVE ALGORITHMS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MIDAS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; IMAGE PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0031149881     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(97)01803-8     Document Type: Article

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