Program for generation of three-dimensional finite element mesh from magnetic resonance imaging scans of human limbs

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 681-689

  Aritan, Serdar ^a   Dabnichki, Peter ^a   Bartlett, Roger ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element modelling; Image processing; Limb

Indexed keywords

BONE; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

STAND ALONE COMPUTER PROGRAM;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0031253581     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(97)00039-8     Document Type: Article

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