Accuracy and precision of vessel area assessment: Manual versus automatic lumen delineation based on full-width at half-maximum

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1186-1193

  Merkx, Maarten A G ^a   Bescõs, Javier Oliván ^b   Geerts, Liesbeth ^b   Bosboom, E Mariëlle H ^a   Van De Vosse, Frans N ^c   Breeuwer, Marcel ^b,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

accuracy; blood vessel diameter; full width at half maximum; magnetic resonance angiography; manual vs. automatic; precision

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMEN DELINEATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84867788749     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23752     Document Type: Article

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