Factors affecting the correlation coefficient template matching algorithm with application to real-time 2-D coronary artery MR imaging

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 206-216

  Sussman, Marshall S ^a   Wright, Graham A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary arteries; Correlation coefficient; Motion tracking; MRI; Template matching

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; HEMODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MOTION ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CORONARY ARTERY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT DIFFERENCE-TO-NOISE RATIO; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT TEMPLATE MATCHING ALGORITHM; TEMPLATE MATCHING ALGORITHM;

PATTERN MATCHING;

ALGORITHM; ARTERY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTERIES; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MOVEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037936859     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2002.808363     Document Type: Article

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