Automatic plaque characterization employing quantitative and multicontrast MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 174-180

  Sun, Binjian ^a,b   Giddens, Don P ^a   Long Jr , Robert ^b   Taylor, W Robert ^a,b,c   Weiss, Diana ^b   Joseph, Giji ^b   Vega, David ^b   Oshinski, John N ^a,b,d  

^a Emory University   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Multicontrast MRI; Plaque characterization; Quantitative MRI

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN CORONARY ARTERIES; MULTICONTRAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLAQUE CHARACTERIZATIONS; PRIORI INFORMATION; QUANTITATIVE MRIS;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FUZZY C MEANS BASED CLUSTERING ALGORITHM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MULTICONTRAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIOR INFORMATION ENHANCED CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE; PROTON TRANSPORT;

EID: 37549035970     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21279     Document Type: Article

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