Automatic detection of left ventricular contours from cardiac cine magnetic resonance imaging using fuzzy logic

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 211-217

  Lalande, Alain ^a   Legrand, Louis ^a   Walker, Paul Michael ^a   Guy, France ^a   Cottin, Yves ^a   Roy, Sophie ^a   Brunotte, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac image processing; Ejection fraction; Fuzzy logic; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033012517     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199903000-00010     Document Type: Article

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