Automatic image-driven segmentation of the ventricles in cardiac cine MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 366-374

  Cocosco, Chris A ^a   Niessen, Wiro J ^b   Netsch, Thomas ^a   Vonken, Evert Jan P A ^c   Lund, Gunnar ^d   Stork, Alexander ^d   Viergever, Max A ^c  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automatic segmentation; Cardiac MRI; Image driven segmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; STEADY STATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE;

EID: 49049104366     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21451     Document Type: Article

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