Cardiac image segmentation for contrast agent videodensitometry

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-286

  Mischi, Massimo ^a,c,d   Kalker, Antonius A C M ^a,e,f   Korsten, Hendrikus H M ^a,b,e  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Dutch Royal Institute of Designers   (Italy)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Edge detection; Image segmentation; Indicator dilution curve; Videodensitometry

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC IMAGE SEGMENTATION; CARDIAC PARAMETERS; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENTS; VIDEODENSITOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; DENSITOMETERS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONICS;

CARDIOLOGY;

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDICATOR DILUTION CURVE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATING ROOM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VIDEODENSITOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; DENSITOMETRY; DYE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 13244249568     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.840500     Document Type: Article

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