Automatic fuzzy classification of the washout curves from magnetic resonance first-pass perfusion imaging after myocardial infarction

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 545-555

  Comte, Alexandre ^a   Lalande, Alain ^a   Cochet, Alexandre ^a   Walker, Paul M ^a   Wolf, Jean Eric ^b   Cottin, Yves ^b   Brunotte, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced first pass; Delayed imaging; Functional recovery; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CINE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DELAYED IMAGING; DRUG CLEARANCE; FEMALE; FIRST PASS EFFECT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART FUNCTION RECOVERY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL INTENSITY TIME CURVE; TECHNIQUE; TIME; WASHOUT CURVE;

EID: 22844449891     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000170448.31487.1b     Document Type: Article

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