Image segmentation, registration and visualization of serial MR images for therapeutic assessment of polycystic kidney disease in transgenic mice

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 7 VOLS, Issue , 2005, Pages 467-469

  Fei, Baowei ^a   Flask, Chris ^a   Hesheng, Wang ^b   Pi, Ai ^b   Wilson, David L ^a,b   Shillingford, Jonathan ^c   Murcia, Noel ^a   Weimbs, Thomas ^c   Duerk, Jeffrey L ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Polycystic kidney disease; Registration; Transgenic mice; Visualization

Indexed keywords

POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE; REGISTRATION; TRANSGENIC MICE;

DISEASES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; VISUALIZATION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 33846915158     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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