An assessment of two methods for generating automatic regions of interest

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1005-1016

  Houston, A S ^a   White, D R R ^a   Sampson, W F D ^a   Macleod, M A ^a   Pilkington, J B ^b  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL HASLAR   (United Kingdom)

^b Scientific Computers Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MUSCLE; HEART PERFUSION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

EID: 0031743445     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006231-199810000-00011     Document Type: Article

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