Classification of spatiotemporal hemodynamics from brain perfusion MR images using expectation-maximization estimation with finite mixture of multivariate gaussian distributions

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 181-191

  Wu, Yu Te ^a,b   Chou, Yen Chun ^a,b   Guo, Wan Yuo ^a,b   Yeh, Tzu Chen ^a,b   Hsieh, Jen Chuen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arterial input function (AIF); Cerebral hemodynamics; Expectation maximization (EM) algorithm; Mixture of Gaussians; MR brain perfusion image

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BRAIN; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; MIXTURES;

ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBRAL HEMODYNAMICS; EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; MIXTURE OF GAUSSIANS;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADODIAMIDE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VEIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTRAST; EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATION ALGORITHM; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; MIXTURE OF MULTIVARIATE GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETRIC TEST; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 33846072503     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21121     Document Type: Article

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