Validation of a rapid, semiautomatic image analysis tool for measurement of gastric accommodation and emptying by magnetic resonance imaging

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 308, Issue 8, 2015, Pages G652-G663

  Banerjee, Sreerup ^a   Dixit, Sudeepa ^a   Fox, Mark ^b   Pal, Anupam ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Gastrointestinal function; Gastrointestinal tract; Image processing; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACCOMMODATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH FUNCTION; STOMACH VOLUME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; AUTOMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EATING; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EATING; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTESTINE, SMALL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOMACH; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929630722     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00095.2014     Document Type: Article

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