Automated liver sampling using a gradient dual-echo Dixon-based technique

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1469-1477

  Bashir, Mustafa R ^a   Dale, Brian M ^b   Merkle, Elmar M ^a   Boll, Daniel T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

automated sampling; Dixon; liver MRI; ratio pair; segmentation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL SHIFT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

AUTOMATED SAMPLING; CHEMICAL SHIFT IMAGING; DIXON; LIVER MRI; RATIO PAIR; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SAMPLING ALGORITHM; SIGNAL INTENSITIES;

AUTOMATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DEVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROCEDURES;

EID: 84859703586     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.23123     Document Type: Article

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