Automatic cardiac T2* relaxation time estimation from magnetic resonance images using region growing method with automatically initialized seed points

• Main Authors: Kittichai Wantanajittikul, Nipon Theera-Umpon, Suwit Saekho, Sansanee Auephanwiriyakul, Arintaya Phrommintikul, Krit Leemasawat
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Computer Science; Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84961683201&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/55516
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. Background and objective: Heart failure due to iron-overload cardiomyopathy is one of the main causes of mortality. The cardiomyopathy is reversible if intensive iron chelation treatment is done in time, but the diagnosis is often delayed because the cardiac iron deposit...