An adaptive segmentation algorithm for time-of-flight MRA data

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 938-945

  Wilson, D L ^a   Noble, J A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

3 d segmentation; Expectation maximization (em) algorithm; Intracranial aneurysms; Time of flight mr angiography (top mra)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY (MRA);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0033201370     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.811277     Document Type: Article

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