An adapted optical flow algorithm for robust quantification of cardiac wall motion from standard cine-MR examinations

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 859-868

  Xavier, Marie ^a   Lalande, Alain ^a   Walker, Paul M ^a   Brunotte, François ^a   Legrand, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Cine MRI; heart; motion estimation; optical flow (OF)

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR ERRORS; CARDIAC IMAGES; CARDIAC WALL; CINE-MRI; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; HEART WALL; MRI IMAGE; MYOCARDIAL MOTION; MYOCARDIAL VELOCITY; OPTICAL FLOW ALGORITHM; STEADY-STATE FREE PRECESSION; SYNTHETIC IMAGES;

HEART; LUMINANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL FLOWS; PIXELS;

MOTION ESTIMATION;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84866621483     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2012.2204893     Document Type: Article

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