Simultaneous and Correlated Detection of Endocardial and Epicardial Borders on Short-Axis MR Images for the Measurement of Left Ventricular Mass

Radiographics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1009-1018

  Balzer, Philippe ^a   Furber, Alain ^a   Cavaro Ménard, Christine ^a   Croué, Anne ^a   Tadéi, André ^a   Geslin, Philippe ^a   Jallet, Pierre ^a   Jeune, Jean Jacques Le ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Heart, anatomy; Heart, MR, 524.121411; Heart, ventricles, 524.121411; Heart, volume, 524.121411; Images, analysis; Magnetic resonance (MR), image processing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MINIPIG; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ENDOCARDIUM; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERICARDIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0032116754     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.18.4.9672983     Document Type: Article

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