Semi-automatic tool for segmentation and volumetric analysis of medical images

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 291-296

  Heinonen, T ^a   Dastidar, P ^b   Kauppinen, P ^a   Malmivuo, J ^b   Eskola, H ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

MRI; Segmentation; Volumetric measurement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING;

SEGMENTATION SOFTWARE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032077327     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02522473     Document Type: Article

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