Segmentation of cardiac MR images using the EM algorithm with a 4D probabilistic atlas and a global connectivity filter

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 626-629

  Lorenzo Valdes, M ^a   Rueckert, D ^a   Mohiaddin, R ^b   Sanchez Ortiz, G I ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Heart; Markov Random Fields

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CORRELATION METHODS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; WAVE FILTERS;

CLASSIFICATION; HEART; MARKOV RANDOM FIELDS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 1542302640     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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