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
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1996
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1996.652725
