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

01.04.2016 | Editorial

Tissue segmentation: a crucial tool for quantitative MRI and visualization of anatomical structures

verfasst von: Fritz Schick

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

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Abstract

Automatic or semi-automatic segmentation of tissue types or organs is well established for X-ray-based computed tomography, with its fixed grey-scale and tissue classes with well-established ranges of Hounsfield units. MRI is much more powerful with regard to soft tissue contrast and quantitative assessment of tissue properties (e.g., perfusion, diffusion, fat content), but the principle of signal generation and recording in MRI leads to inherent problems if simple threshold based segmentation procedures are applied. In this editorial in the special issue of MAGMA on tissue segmentation, a number of relevant methodical, scientific, and clinical aspects of reliable tissue segmentation using data recording by MRI are reported and discussed.
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Metadaten
Titel
Tissue segmentation: a crucial tool for quantitative MRI and visualization of anatomical structures
verfasst von
Fritz Schick
Publikationsdatum
01.04.2016
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/s10334-016-0549-0

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