Automatic image registration of three-dimensional images of the head of cats and dogs by use of maximization of mutual information

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1680-1687

  Böttcher, Peter ^a,c   Maierl, Johann ^a   Hecht, Silke ^a,b   Matis, Ulrike ^a   Liebich, Hans Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN CYST; CAT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOG; FEMALE; HEAD; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MENINGIOMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VETERINARY ANATOMY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CYSTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 11144300747     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.1680     Document Type: Article

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