A kidney segmentation framework for dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging

JVC/Journal of Vibration and Control

Volumn 13, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 1505-1516

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

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b University of Louisville   (United States)

^c MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Deformable models; Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI; Gd DTPA; Renal transplantation; Segmentation; Shape database

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

ACUTE REJECTION; DEFORMABLE MODELS; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED MRI; GD-DTPA; RENAL TRANSPLANTATION; SHAPE DATABASE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 34748897710     PISSN: 10775463     EISSN: 17412986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077546307077417     Document Type: Article

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