Medical imaging and processing methods for cardiac flow reconstruction

Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-20

  Wong, Kelvin K L ^a   Kelso, Richard M ^a   Worthley, S G ^a   Sanders, P ^a   Mazumdar, J ^a   Abbott, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active contour; Flow visualization; Magnetic resonance imaging; Motion tracking; Segmentation; Velocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349564867     PISSN: 02195194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219519409002894     Document Type: Article

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