Semiautomatic Segmentation and Stenosis Quantification of 3D Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiograms of the Internal Carotid Artery

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 753-760

  Van Bemmel, Cornelis M ^a   Viergever, Max A ^a   Niessen, Wiro J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D contrast enhanced MRA; Central vessel axis; Internal carotid arteries; Quantitative analysis; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

CENTRAL VESSEL AXIS; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; CONTRAST-ENHANCED MR; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; LEVEL-SET TECHNIQUES; SEMI-AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 1842481954     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20020     Document Type: Article

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