Left ventricular myocardium segmentation on arterial phase of multi-detector row computed tomography

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-37

  Tsai, I Chen ^a,b   Huang, Yu Len ^c   Kuo, Kai Hua ^c  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Level set segmentation; Multi detector row computed tomography; Myocardial volume; Myocardium contouring

Indexed keywords

CORONARY HEART DISEASE; LEVEL SETS; MULTIDETECTOR ROW COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL VOLUME; MYOCARDIUM CONTOURING;

CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTORS; DISEASES; HEART; TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 83555177614     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: 18790771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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