Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI-based early detection of acute renal transplant rejection

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1910-1927

  Khalifa, Fahmi ^a   Beache, Garth M ^b   El Ghar, Mohamed Abou ^c   El Diasty, Tarek ^c   Gimel'Farb, Georgy ^d   Kong, Maiying ^e   El Baz, Ayman ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute renal transplant rejection; dynamic perfusion; iso contours; Laplace equation; level set; nonrigid registration

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC CONTRAST-ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ISO-CONTOURS; LEVEL SET; MARKOV-GIBBS RANDOM FIELDS; NEAREST NEIGHBOR CLASSIFIER; NONRIGID REGISTRATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; RENAL TRANSPLANTS;

LAPLACE EQUATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

DEFORMATION;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885415236     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2013.2269139     Document Type: Article

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