Three dimensional volume measurement of mouse abdominal fat in magnetic resonance images

HEALTHCOM 2007: Ubiquitous Health in Aging Societies - 2007 9th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Application and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 252-255

  Chae, Yongsu ^a   Jeong, Myeong Gi ^a   Kim, Desok ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Morphology; Three dimensional segmentation; Thresholding; Volume measurement

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LOW PASS FILTERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATS; TISSUE; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDING; THREE DIMENSIONAL SEGMENTATION; THRESHOLDING; VISCERAL FAT TISSUES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 34748879569     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HEALTH.2007.381642     Document Type: Conference Paper

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