A framework for the detection of acute renal rejection with dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging

2006 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro - Proceedings

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 418-421

  Farag, Aly ^a   El Baz, Ayman ^a   Yuksel, Seniha E ^a   El Ghar, Mohamed A ^b   Eldiasty, Tarek ^b  

^a University of Louisville ^*  (United States)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ACUTE RENAL REJECTION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33750950484     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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