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Erschienen in: Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine 2/2016

29.10.2015 | Research Article

A semi-automated “blanket” method for renal segmentation from non-contrast T1-weighted MR images

verfasst von: Henry Rusinek, Jeremy C. Lim, Nicole Wake, Jas-mine Seah, Elissa Botterill, Shawna Farquharson, Artem Mikheev, Ruth P. Lim

Erschienen in: Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine | Ausgabe 2/2016

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Abstract

Objective

To investigate the precision and accuracy of a new semi-automated method for kidney segmentation from single-breath-hold non-contrast MRI.

Materials and methods

The user draws approximate kidney contours on every tenth slice, focusing on separating adjacent organs from the kidney. The program then performs a sequence of fully automatic steps: contour filling, interpolation, non-uniformity correction, sampling of representative parenchyma signal, and 3D binary morphology. Three independent observers applied the method to images of 40 kidneys ranging in volume from 94.6 to 254.5 cm3. Manually constructed reference masks were used to assess accuracy.

Results

The volume errors for the three readers were: 4.4 % ± 3.0 %, 2.9 % ± 2.3 %, and 3.1 % ± 2.7 %. The relative discrepancy across readers was 2.5 % ± 2.1 %. The interactive processing time on average was 1.5 min per kidney.

Conclusions

Pending further validation, the semi-automated method could be applied for monitoring of renal status using non-contrast MRI.
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Metadaten
Titel
A semi-automated “blanket” method for renal segmentation from non-contrast T1-weighted MR images
verfasst von
Henry Rusinek
Jeremy C. Lim
Nicole Wake
Jas-mine Seah
Elissa Botterill
Shawna Farquharson
Artem Mikheev
Ruth P. Lim
Publikationsdatum
29.10.2015
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine / Ausgabe 2/2016
Print ISSN: 0968-5243
Elektronische ISSN: 1352-8661
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10334-015-0504-5

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