Use of continuously MR tagged imaging for automated motion assessment in the abdomen: A feasibility study

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 492-497

  Sprengers, Andre M J ^a   Van Der Paardt, Marije P ^a   Zijta, Frank M ^a   Caan, Matthan W A ^a   Lamerichs, Rolf M ^a,b   Nederveen, Aart J ^a   Stoker, Jaap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

abdominal motion; nonperiodic motion; peristaltic motion; SPAMM; tagging

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOVEMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84864203474     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23637     Document Type: Article

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