Segmentation of T1 MR scans for reconstruction of resistive head models

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 173-181

  Heinonen, Tomi ^a,b   Eskola, Hannu ^a   Dastidar, Prasun ^b   Laarne, Päivi ^a   Malmivuo, Jaakko ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

3 D; MR; Segmentation; Skull

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

RESISTIVE HEAD MODELS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER MODEL; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SKULL SCINTISCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SKULL;

EID: 0031282066     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(97)00027-8     Document Type: Article

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