Semiautomated spleen volumetry with diffusion-weighted MR imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 305-310

  Lee, Jeongjin ^a   Kim, Kyoung Won ^b   Lee, Ho ^c   Lee, So Jung ^b   Choi, Sanghyun ^b   Jeong, Woo Kyoung ^d   Kye, Heewon ^e   Song, Gi Won ^b   Hwang, Shin ^b   Lee, Sung Gyu ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Hansung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Diffusion weighted MR image; Spleen volumetry

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCE; CONNECTED COMPONENT ANALYSIS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; MEAN PERCENTAGE; MR IMAGES; RELATIVE ACCURACY; TOTAL PROCESSING TIME; VOLUMETRY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; SPLEEN SIZE; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 84862240710     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.23204     Document Type: Article

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