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

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 737-751

  Tsai, I Chen ^a,b,c   Huang, Yu Len ^d   Liu, Po Ting ^d   Chen, Min Chi ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG BING SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Image segmentation; Ischemic heart disease; Multi detector row computed tomography; Myocardial volume; Myocardium contouring

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84867655180     PISSN: 18616410     EISSN: 18616429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-012-0688-3     Document Type: Article

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