Quantification of left ventricular volumes from cardiac cine MRI using active contour model combined with gradient vector flow

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 191-196

  Tanki, Nobuyoshi ^a   Murase, Kenya ^a   Kumashiro, Masayuki ^a,b   Momoi, Risa ^a   Yang, Xiaomei ^a   Tabuchi, Takashi ^b   Nagayama, Masako ^b   Watanabe, Yuji ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active contour model; Cardiac cine MRI; Gradient vector flow; Left ventricular volume

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VOLUME; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CARDIAC VOLUME; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 33745363351     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.4.191     Document Type: Article

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