MRI-based anatomical model of the human head for specific absorption rate mapping

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1239-1251

  Makris, Nikos ^a,b   Angelone, Leonardo ^a,c   Tulloch, Seann ^a   Sorg, Scott ^a   Kaiser, Jonathan ^a   Kennedy, David ^a   Bonmassar, Giorgio ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioelectromagnetic computation; Head; Morphometry; Segmentation; Specific absorption rate; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BONE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENERGY ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMALS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; VISUALIZATION;

BIOELECTROMAGNETIC COMPUTATION; HEAD; MORPHOMETRY; SEGMENTATION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; VOLUMETRY;

MODEL STRUCTURES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN STRUCTURE; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEPHALOMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

EID: 57049180114     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-008-0414-z     Document Type: Article

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