Segmentation of fascias, fat and muscle from magnetic resonance images in humans: The DISPIMAG software

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 275-279

  Mattei, J P ^a   Le Fur, Y ^a   Cuge, N ^a   Guis, S ^a   Cozzone, P J ^a   Bendahan, D ^a  

^a University of Aix Marseille   (France)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Fat; Image processing; MRI; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FASCIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FASCIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84875071444     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-006-0051-1     Document Type: Article

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