Feature-based, automated segmentation of cerebral infarct patterns using T 2- and diffusion-weighted imaging

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 411-420

  Braun, Juergen ^a   Bernarding, Johannes ^a   Koennecke, Hans Christian ^a   Wolf, Karl Juergen ^a   Tolxdorff, Thomas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated; Diffusion weighted imaging; Histogram; Multidimensional segmentation; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; AUTOMATED; AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION; CEREBRAL INFARCT; CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA; CONTROL PARAMETERS; DATA SETS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGES; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEATURE-BASED; FEATURE-BASED METHOD; HISTOGRAM; LOCAL DENSITY; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; PATHOLOGIC TISSUES; SEGMENTATION PROCEDURE; SUPERVISED SEGMENTATION; SYNTHETIC IMAGES; THROMBOLYSIS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; WATER DIFFUSION;

AUTOMATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; GRAPHIC METHODS; PATHOLOGY; TISSUE;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0346967402     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1025584021000011082     Document Type: Article

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