A semi-automated approach towards generating three-dimensional mesh of the heart using a hybrid MRI/histology database

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-358

  Theofilogiannakos, E K ^a   Theofilogiannakos, G K ^a   Danias, P G ^b,c   Yioultsis, T V ^a   Anogeianaki, A ^a   Stergiou Michailidou, V ^a   Kallaras, K ^a   Xenos, T ^a   Anogianakis, G ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibre orientation; MATLAB; Modelling; Segmentation; Tetrahedral mesh

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL ANISOTROPY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; EX-VIVO; FIBRE LENGTH; FIBRE ORIENTATION; FORWARD AND INVERSE PROBLEMS OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART TISSUES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN HEART; IMAGE DATA; INHOMOGENEITIES; ITS DATA; MODELLING; MR IMAGES; SEGMENTATION; SEMI-AUTOMATED; TETRAHEDRAL MESHES; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) MESHES;

ANISOTROPY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBERS; HEART; HISTOLOGY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; HEART; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AUTOMATION; HEART; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 79953313041     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2010.481286     Document Type: Article

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