Improved arterial spin labeling after myocardial infarction in mice using cardiac and respiratory gated look-locker imaging with fuzzy C-means clustering

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 648-657

  Vandsburger, Moriel H ^a   Janiczek, Robert L ^a   Xu, Yaqin ^a   French, Brent A ^a,b,c   Meyer, Craig H ^a,b   Kramer, Christopher M ^b,c   Epstein, Frederick H ^a,b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; Fuzzy C means; Mouse; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial perfusion

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; COPYING; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY SYSTEMS; MAMMALS;

ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; FUZZY C MEAN; MOUSE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIN LABELING;

EID: 77649092074     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22280     Document Type: Article

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