Volumetric measurements of right cerebral hemisphere infarction: Use of a semiautomatic MRI segmentation technique

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-54

  Dastidar, Prasun ^a,b   Heinonen, Tomi ^b   Ahonen, Jukka Pekka ^a,b   Jehkonen, Mervi ^a   Molnár, Gábor ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

3D image representation; Brain infarctions; MRI; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CORRELATION METHODS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

IMAGE REPRESENTATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 0033974687     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(99)00022-0     Document Type: Article

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