Spline-based cardiac motion tracking using velocity-encoded magnetic resonance imaging

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1045-1053

  Bergvall, Erik ^a   Hedström, Erik ^a   Bloch, Karin Markenroth ^b   Arheden, Håkan ^a   Sparr, Gunnar ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular system; Image motion analysis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spline functions; Velocity measurement

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DEFORMATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTION ESTIMATION; OPTICAL FLOWS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CARDIAC MOTION TRACKING; CARDIAC MOTIONS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HUMAN SUBJECTS; IMAGE MOTION ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ARTIFACTS; MOTION MODELING; MOTION TRACKING; OPTICAL FLOW ESTIMATION; OPTICAL-FLOW; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES; SPLINE FUNCTIONS;

RESONANCE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HEART; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOVEMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 48549084217     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2008.917244     Document Type: Article

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