Automated detection and characterization of multiple sclerosis lesions in brain MR images

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 311-318

  Goldberg Zimring, D ^a   Achiron, A ^b   Miron, S ^b   Faibel, M ^b   Azhari, H ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Brain; Lesion detection; Magnetic resonance; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; AUTOANALYZER; BRAIN REGION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17644439083     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(97)00300-7     Document Type: Article

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