Automatic lung segmentation method for MRI-based lung perfusion studies of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 403-417

  Kohlmann, Peter ^a   Strehlow, Jan ^a   Jobst, Betram ^b,c,d   Krass, Stefan ^a   Kuhnigk, Jan Martin ^a   Anjorin, Angela ^b,c,d   Sedlaczek, Oliver ^b,c,d   Ley, Sebastian ^b,e   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^b,c,d   Wielpütz, Mark Oliver ^b,c,d  

^a FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c German Center for Lung Research (DZL)   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Surgical Hospital Dr Rinecker   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lung perfusion; Lung segmentation; Nonlinear registration

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84939890300     PISSN: 18616410     EISSN: 18616429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-014-1090-0     Document Type: Article

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