Measurement of the internal diameter of plastic tubes from projection MR images using a model-based least-squares fit approach

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1643-1653

  Tzeng, Yang Sheng ^a,b   Mansour, Joey ^a   Handler, Zachary ^a   Gereige, Jessica ^a   Shah, Niral ^a,b   Zhou, Xin ^a   Albert, Mitchell ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAGNOSIS; PHANTOMS; PIXELS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM APPROACHES; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; DIAMETER MEASUREMENT; INTERNAL DIAMETERS; MODEL-BASED ALGORITHMS; PARTIAL VOLUME EFFECT; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUBPIXEL RESOLUTION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; HELIUM; HELIUM 3; PLASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AIRWAY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; HELIUM NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG DISEASE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUBE;

EID: 33744803752     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2194427     Document Type: Article

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