DocumentCode
320145
Title
Automatic assessment of muscle/fat temporal variations on MR images of the thigh
Author
Barra, V. ; Morio, B. ; Colin, A. ; Vermorel, M. ; Boire, J.-Y.
Author_Institution
ERIM, INSERM, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Volume
3
fYear
1996
fDate
31 Oct-3 Nov 1996
Firstpage
1096
Abstract
An automatic segmentation method for the quantification of muscle, subcutaneous and intermuscular fat from MR images of thighs is described. This process is applied to the study of thigh physiology evolution during nutritional follow-up and physical training
Keywords
biomedical NMR; image segmentation; medical image processing; muscle; MR images; automatic assessment; automatic segmentation method; intermuscular fat; magnetic resonance imaging; medical diagnostic imaging; muscle/fat temporal variations; nutritional follow-up; physical training; subcutaneous fat; thigh physiology evolution; Arteries; Bones; Histograms; Image segmentation; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic resonance imaging; Muscles; Physiology; Protocols; Thigh;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3811-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1996.652725
Filename
652725
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