Motion estimation of tagged cardiac magnetic resonance images using variational techniques

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 514-522

  Carranza Herrezuelo, N ^a   Bajo, A ^b,c   Sroubek, F ^d   Santamarta, C ^e   Cristobal, G ^a   Santos, A ^b,c   Ledesma Carbayo, M J ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION THEORY AND AUTOMATION   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Medical imaging processing; Motion estimation; Optical flow; Tagged cardiac magnetic resonance images; Variational techniques

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; HARMONIC PHASE IMAGING; HIGH STABILITY; MANUAL TRACKING; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; REFERENCE METHOD; REFERENCE STATE; VARIATIONAL METHODS;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; ESTIMATION; HEART; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MOTION ESTIMATION; OPTICAL FLOWS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHASE STABILITY;

VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HARMONIC PHASE IMAGING; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAGGED CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VARIATIONAL OPTICAL FLOW TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION;

EID: 77954387305     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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