A blockwise relaxation labeling scheme and its application to edge detection in cardiac MR image sequences

International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 340-350

  Adali, Tülay ^a   Wang, Yue ^b   Gupta, Nidhi ^a  

^a Baltimore County   (United States)

^b Catholic University of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOLOGY; EDGE DETECTION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

BLOCKWISE RELAXATION LABELING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0031617764     PISSN: 08999457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1098(1998)9:5<340::AID-IMA4>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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