Automatic selection of mask and arterial phase images for temporally resolved MR digital subtraction angiography

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1004-1010

  Kim, Junhwan ^a,c   Prince, Martin R ^b   Zabih, Ramin ^a,b   Bezanson, Jeff ^b   Watts, Richard ^b   Erel, Hale E ^b   Wang, Yi ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MRI Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriogram; Automatic filtering; Contrast enhanced MRA; Image processing; Time resolved subtraction MRA

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ARTERIOGRAM; AUTOMATIC ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATIC FILTERING; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; TIME-RESOLVED; UNIQUE IDENTIFICATIONS;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036892918     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10358     Document Type: Article

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