Evaluating the Feasibility of an Agglomerative Hierarchy Clustering Algorithm for the Automatic Detection of the Arterial Input Function Using DSC-MRI

Jiandong Yin; Jiawen Yang; Qiyong Guo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100308

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Evaluating the Feasibility of an Agglomerative Hierarchy Clustering Algorithm for the Automatic Detection of the Arterial Input Function Using DSC-MRI

Jiandong Yin,

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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Jiawen Yang,

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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Qiyong Guo

* E-mail: guoqy@sj-hospital.org

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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Evaluating the Feasibility of an Agglomerative Hierarchy Clustering Algorithm for the Automatic Detection of the Arterial Input Function Using DSC-MRI

Jiandong Yin,
Jiawen Yang,
Qiyong Guo

Published: June 16, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100308

About the Authors

Jiandong Yin

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Jiawen Yang

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Qiyong Guo

* E-mail: guoqy@sj-hospital.org

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QYG. Performed the experiments: JDY. Analyzed the data: JWY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDY. Wrote the paper: JDY.

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