The exactness of left ventricular segmentation in cine magnetic resonance imaging and its impact on systolic function values

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-291

  Barbier, C Ebeling ^a   Johansson, L ^b   Lind, L ^b   Ahlstrom H ^b   Bjerner, T ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adults; Cardiac; Heart; Left ventricle; MR imaging; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CARDIOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE; PATIENT TREATMENT;

LEFT VENTRICLE; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; SYSTOLIC FUNCTION VALUES; VENTRICULAR SEGMENTATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYSTOLE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34247105479     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850601182154     Document Type: Article

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