Computer assisted characterization of cervical intervertebral disc degeneration in MRI

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Michopoulou, S ^a   Boniatis, I ^a   Costaridou, L ^a   Cavouras, D ^b   Panagiotopoulos, E ^a   Panayiotakis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breast; Calibration and fitting methods, Analysis and statistical methodss; Cardiovascular; Cluster finding; MR angiography (MRA); MRI (whole body; Others); Pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

BREAST; CARDIOVASCULAR; CLUSTER FINDING; FITTING METHOD; MR-ANGIOGRAPHY (MRA); OTHERS); WHOLE BODY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS;

EID: 71049164629     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/4/05/P05022     Document Type: Article

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