Left ventricle segmentation using Graph searching on Intensity and Gradient and A priori knowledge (lvGIGA) for short-axis cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1393-1401

  Lee, Hae Yeoun ^a,b   Codella, Noel ^b   Cham, Matthew ^b   Prince, Martin ^b   Weinsaft, Jonathan ^b   Wang, Yi ^b,c  

^a Kumoh National Institute of Technology   (South Korea)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Cornell MRI ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coil sensitivity correction; Edge classification; Graph searching; Left ventricle segmentation; Myocardium segmentation; Partial volume calculation; Polar mapping; Region growing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 57049095894     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21586     Document Type: Article

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