Computer evaluation of left ventricular wall motion by means of shape- based tracking and symbolic description

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 73-85

  Baroni, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac left ventricular motion; Contrast ventriculography; Nonrigid shape tracking; Symbolic motion description

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY SETS; INFERENCE ENGINES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

CONTRAST VENTRICULOGRAPHY; LEFT VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIAL WALL;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANEURYSM; CORONARY DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIONUCLIDE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0033042172     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(99)00033-8     Document Type: Article

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