A survey of three-dimensional modeling techniques for quantitative functional analysis of cardiac images

Advanced Image Processing in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 267-341

  Frangi, Alejandro F ^a   Niessen, Wiro J ^b   Viergever, M A ^c   Lelieveldt, Boodewijn P F ^d  

^a Instituto SuperiorBarcelona   (Spain)

^b Erasmos Medical Center Rotterdame   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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