Optimizing the automatic segmentation of the left ventricle in magnetic resonance images

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 369-375

  Angelie E ^a   De Koning, P J H ^a   Danilouchkine, M G ^a   Van Assen, H C ^a   Koning, G ^a   Van Der Geest, R J ^a   Reiber, J H C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automatic segmentation; Genetic algorithm; MR cardiac images; Optimization

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ACQUISITION PROTOCOLS; AUTOMATED OPTIMIZATION; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; CARDIAC IMAGES; GENETIC ALGORITHM (GAS); LABOR INTENSIVE PROCESS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSIONS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

EID: 14644442888     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1842912     Document Type: Article

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