Acquisition, segmentation and tracking of the cerebral vascular tree on 3D magnetic resonance angiography images

Medical Image Analysis

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 173-183

  Flasque, Nicolas ^a   Desvignes, Michel ^a   Constans, Jean Marc ^a   Revenu, Marinette ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebral vascular tree; Magnetic resonance angiography

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0035469971     PISSN: 13618415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1361-8415(01)00038-X     Document Type: Article

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