Development and validation of intracranial thrombus segmentation on CT angiography in patients with acute ischemic stroke.

Thrombus characterization is increasingly considered important in predicting treatment success for patients with acute ischemic stroke. The lack of intensity contrast between thrombus and surrounding tissue in CT images makes manual delineation a difficult and time consuming task. Our aim was to dev...

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Main Authors: Emilie M M Santos, Henk A Marquering, Olvert A Berkhemer, Wim H van Zwam, Aad van der Lugt, Charles B Majoie, Wiro J Niessen, MR CLEAN investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4102487?pdf=render