Automatic extraction of the left atrial anatomy from MR for atrial fibrillation ablation

Proceedings - 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 502-505

  Karim, Rashed ^a   Rueckert, Daniel ^a   Mohiaddin, Raad ^b   Drivas, Peter ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Magnetic resonance angiocardiography; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTOMATIC EXTRACTION; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PULMONARY VEINS; SEGMENTATION;

ABLATION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 70449331633     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2009.5193094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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