Automatic segmentation of the left ventricle in cardiac MR and CT images

International Journal of Computer Vision

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-163

  Jolly, Marie Pierre ^a  

^a SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; PATTERN MATCHING;

CT DATASETS; DIJKSTRA ACTIVE CONTOURS; LEFT VENTRICLE; LOCAL DEFORMATIONS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 33746428453     PISSN: 09205691     EISSN: 15731405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11263-006-7936-3     Document Type: Article

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