In vitro assessment of a 3D segmentation algorithm based on the belief functions theory in calculating renal volumes by MRI

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Vivier, Pierre Hugues ^a,b   Dolores, Michael ^b   Gardin, Isabelle ^b   Zhang, Peng ^b   Petitjean, Caroline ^b   Dacher, Jean Nicolas ^a,b  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Genitourinary imaging; Kidney disease; MR technique; MR urography; Renal function assessment; Renal volumetry

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; UROGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KIDNEY; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SWINE;

EID: 51349164454     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3063     Document Type: Article

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