Double-reference cross-correlation algorithm for separation of the arteries and veins from 3D MRA time series

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 646-654

  Santini, Francesco ^a   Patil, Sunil ^a   Meckel, Stephan ^a   Scheffler, Klaus ^a   Wetzel, Stephan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artery vein separation; Contrast enhanced MRA; Correlation; Fistula detection

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ALGORITHMS; ARTERIO-ARTERIAL FISTULA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 51449114651     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21499     Document Type: Article

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