Magnetic resonance image segmentation using pattern recognition, and applied to image registration and quantitation

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 157-167

  Saeed, N ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; Pattern recognition; Quantitation; Registration

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HISTOGRAM; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED;

EID: 0031927363     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1492(199806/08)11:4/5<157::AID-NBM528>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Review

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