Automated segmentation and quantification of inflammatory tissue of the hand in rheumatoid arthritis patients using magnetic resonance imaging data

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ObjectivesThe aim of this paper is the development of an automated method for the segmentation and quantification of inflammatory tissue of the hand in patients suffering form rheumatoid arthritis using contrast enhanced T1-weighted magnetic resonance images.

论文关键词:Rheumatoid arthritis,Fuzzy C-means clustering,Magnetic resonance imaging

论文评审过程:Received 24 July 2006, Revised 19 January 2007, Accepted 8 February 2007, Available online 30 March 2007.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2007.02.003