Segmentation of wall and plaque in in vitro vascular MR images

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 419-428

  Yang, Fuxing ^a   Holzapfel, Gerhard ^b   Schulze Bauer, Christian ^b   Stollberger, Rudolf ^c   Thedens, Daniel ^a   Bolinger, Lizann ^d   Stolphen, Alan ^d   Sonka, Milan ^a  

^a IA United States   (United States)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary; Dynamic programming; Image processing; MR; Plaque; Segmentation; Vascular

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LAMINA PROPRIA; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0142214593     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025829232098     Document Type: Article

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