InfarctSizer: Computing infarct volume from brain images of a stroke animal model

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 497-504

  Lee, Jaetak ^a   Lee, Ja Kyeong ^b   Han, Kyungsook ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Infarct volume; Rat stroke model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN IMAGES; BRAIN SLICES; INFARCT VOLUME; VISUAL INSPECTION;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 79958753504     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2010.482528     Document Type: Article

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