A novel skeleton based quantification and 3-D volumetric visualization of left atrium fibrosis using late gadolinium enhancement magnetic resonance imaging

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 566-576

  Ravanelli, Daniele ^a   Dal Piaz, Elena Costanza ^b   Centonze, Maurizio ^b   Casagranda, Giulia ^b   Marini, Massimiliano ^b   Del Greco, Maurizio ^b   Karim, Rashed ^c   Rhode, Kawal ^c   Valentini, Aldo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrosis; Electro anatomical mapping systems; Late gadolinium enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Skeletonization; Three dimensional (3 D) image processing

Indexed keywords

FIBROSIS; GADOLINIUM; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84894043620     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2013.2290324     Document Type: Article

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