A semi-automated method for non-invasive internal organ weight estimation by post-mortem magnetic resonance imaging in fetuses, newborns and children

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 321-326

  Thayyil, Sudhin ^a   Schievano, Silvia ^a   Robertson, Nicola J ^a   Jones, Rodney ^a   Chitty, Lyn S ^a,c   Sebire, Neil J ^b   Taylor, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Magnetic resonance imaging; Organ weights; Post mortem imaging; Virtopsy

Indexed keywords

3D RECONSTRUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS; IMAGE-PROCESSING SOFTWARE; IN-VITRO; INTERNAL ORGANS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; MR IMAGING; NON-INVASIVE; OFFLINE; PHASE 1; SEMI-AUTOMATED; VOLUME RECONSTRUCTION; VOLUME RECONSTRUCTION METHOD; WATER DISPLACEMENT; WEIGHT ESTIMATION; WEIGHT MEASUREMENT; WHOLE BODY;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; ESTIMATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPAIR; VOLUME MEASUREMENT; WEIGHING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCURACY; ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; AUTOPSY; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS; HEART WEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; KIDNEY MASS; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; LIVER WEIGHT; LUNG WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN WEIGHT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYMUS; VISCERA;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 68149086349     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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