Wavelet-based segmentation of renal compartments in DCE-MRI of human kidney: Initial results in patients and healthy volunteers

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 108-118

  Li, Sheng ^a,b   Zöllner, Frank G ^a,c   Merrem, Andreas D ^a   Peng, Yinghong ^b   Roervik, Jarle ^c,d   Lundervold, Arvid ^c,d   Schad, Lothar R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

DCE MRI; K means; Kidney; Segmentation; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DCE-MRI; DYNAMIC CONTRAST; EARLY DETECTION; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN KIDNEY; K-MEANS; K-MEANS CLUSTERING; KIDNEY; NON-PARAMETRIC; PATIENT DATA; RENAL CORTEX; RENAL DISEASE; RENAL TRANSPLANTATION; THRESHOLDING; TIME COURSE; UNBIASED RISK ESTIMATOR; WAVELET COEFFICIENTS;

DIALYSIS; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; DISEASES; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY PERFUSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUNTEER; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856608464     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: 18790771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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