Improved quantification of left ventricular volumes and mass based on endocardial and epicardial surface detection from cardiac MR images using level set models

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 595-602

  Corsi, Cristiana ^a,b   Lamberti, Claudio ^a   Catalano, Oronzo ^c   Maceneaney, Peter ^b   Bardo, Dianna ^b   Lang, Roberto M ^b   Caiani, Enrico G ^d   Mor Avi, Victor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer analysis; Global ventricular function; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ventricular mass

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VOLUMETRIC SURFACE DETECTION; VOLUMETRY;

CARDIAC VOLUME; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 20044385076     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JCMR-200060624     Document Type: Article

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