White matter fiber tract segmentation in DT-MRI using geometric flows

Medical Image Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-236

  Jonasson, Lisa ^a   Bresson, Xavier ^a   Hagmann, Patric ^a,b   Cuisenaire, Olivier ^a   Meuli, Reto ^b   Thiran, Jean Philippe ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DT MRI; Fiber tract segmentation; Geometric flows; Level sets method; White matter segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DIFFUSION TENSOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES (DT-MRI); FIBER SEGMENTATION TECHNIQUES; FIBER TRACT SEGMENTATION; MINIMAL PRINCIPAL CURVATURE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 18244408793     PISSN: 13618415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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