Fuzzy-based vascular structure enhancement in time-of-flight MRA images for improved segmentation

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-83

  Forkert, Nils Daniel ^a   Schmidt Richberg, A ^a   Fiehler, J ^a   Illies, T ^a   Moller D ^b   Handels, H ^a   Saring D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Computerassisted image analysis; Fuzzy logic; Image enhancement; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; EVALUATION; FUZZY LOGIC; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL VEINS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79957982657     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME10-02-0003     Document Type: Article

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