Academic Radiology
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 13-24 , January 2003

System for Upper Airway Segmentation and Measurement with MR Imaging and Fuzzy Connectedness

  • Jianguo Liu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Medical Image Processing Group, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, 4th Floor, Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Dr, 19104-6021, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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  • Jayaram K. Udupa, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Medical Image Processing Group, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, 4th Floor, Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Dr, 19104-6021, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationMedical Image Processing Group, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, 4th Floor, Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
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  • Dewey Odhnera, MA

      Affiliations

    • Medical Image Processing Group, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, 4th Floor, Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Dr, 19104-6021, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Joseph M. McDonough, MS

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pa, USA
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  • Raanan Arens, MD

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pa, USA

Received 19 August 2002 ,Revised 24 August 2002 ,Accepted 26 August 2002.

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☆ Supported in part by National Institutes of Health grants HL 62408 and NS 37172.

PII: S1076-6332(03)80783-3

doi: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80783-3

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