Wavelet-based enhancement for detection of left ventricular myocardial boundaries in magnetic resonance images

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1135-1141

  Fu, J C ^a   Chai, J W ^b   Wong, Stephen T C ^c  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Border detection; Image enhancement; Magnetic resonance image; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MACHINE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

ALGORITHMS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0034536898     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(00)00202-2     Document Type: Article

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