Automatic recognition of midline shift on brain CT images

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 331-339

  Liao, Chun Chih ^a,b   Xiao, Furen ^a,d   Wong, Jau Min ^a,d   Chiang, I Jen ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brain deformation; Computed tomography; Genetic algorithm; Medical informatics; Midline shift; Pathological images; Symmetry detection

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEFORMATIONS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATHOLOGICAL IMAGES; SYMMETRY DETECTION;

BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; PATIENT MONITORING;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77549088382     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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