Automatic segmentation propagation of the aorta in real-time phase contrast MRI using nonrigid registration

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 232-238

  Odille, Freddy ^a   Steeden, Jennifer A ^a   Muthurangu, Vivek ^a,b   Atkinson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

flow; nonrigid registration; phase contrast; segmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; AORTA; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AORTA; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650651698     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22402     Document Type: Article

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