Automatic segmentation of the left ventricle cavity and myocardium in MRI data

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 389-407

  Lynch, M ^a   Ghita, O ^a   Whelan, P F ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Clustering; Left ventricle; Level set; MRI; Myocardium; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

CLUSTERING; LEFT VENTRICLE; LEVEL-SET; MYOCARDIUM;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ALGORITHM; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

CARDIUM;

ALGORITHMS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED;

EID: 32644476684     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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