Computerised volumetric analysis of lesions in multiple sclerosis using new semi-automatic segmentation software

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 104-107

  Dastidar, P ^a,b   Heinonen, T ^b   Vahvelainen, T ^a   Elovaara, I ^a   Eskola, H ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

3D visualisation; Image processing; Magnetic resonance; Multiple sclerosis; Segmentation; Volume measurement

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032960302     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02513274     Document Type: Article

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