SpineSeg: A segmentation and measurement tool for evaluation of spinal cord atrophy

Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bergo, Felipe P G ^a   França Jr , Marcondes C ^a   Chevis, Camila F ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ataxia; Friedreich's ataxia; image segmentation; Machado Joseph disease; magnetic resonance imaging; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ATAXIA; FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIAS; IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; INTERACTIVE METHODS; MEASUREMENT TOOLS; PATIENT MOVEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SPINAL CORDS;

DISEASES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 84869059022     PISSN: 21660727     EISSN: 21660735     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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