Medical image analysis methods in MR/CT-imaged acute-subacute ischemic stroke lesion: Segmentation, prediction and insights into dynamic evolution simulation models. A critical appraisal

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 164-178

  Rekik, Islem ^a,b   Allassonnière, Stéphanie ^b   Carpenter, Trevor K ^a   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE DE MATHÉMATIQUES APPLIQUÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Acute subacute ischemic stroke; Dynamic evolution simulation; Perfusion diffusion; Prediction; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SIMULATION; STROKE PATIENT; SWELLING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84871985061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2012.10.003     Document Type: Review

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