Segmentation with gray-scale connectedness can separate arteries and veins in MRA

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 438-445

  Tizon, Xavier ^a   Smedby, Örjan ^b  

^a Centre for Image Analysis   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computed tomography angiography; Fuzzy connectedness; Gray scale connectedness; Magnetic resonance angiography; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTERIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; VEINS;

EID: 0036198869     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10047     Document Type: Article

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