MEASUREMENT OF BRAIN COMPARTMENT VOLUMES IN MR USING VOXEL COMPOSITION CALCULATIONS

被引:28
作者
HILLMAN, GR
KENT, TA
KAYE, A
BRUNDER, DG
TAGARE, H
机构
[1] UNIV TEXAS,MED BRANCH,DEPT NEUROL,GALVESTON,TX 77550
[2] UNIV TEXAS,MED BRANCH,CTR BIOMED ENGN,GALVESTON,TX 77550
[3] UNIV TEXAS,MED BRANCH,DEPT PSYCHIAT,GALVESTON,TX 77550
[4] UNIV TEXAS,MED BRANCH,DEPT PHYSIOL,GALVESTON,TX 77550
[5] UNIV TEXAS,MED BRANCH,OFF ACAD COMP,GALVESTON,TX 77550
关键词
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TECHNIQUES; PHYSICS AND INSTRUMENTATION; BRAIN; COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGES; MATTER; WHITE;
D O I
10.1097/00004728-199107000-00021
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
A computer method was developed for brain compartment volume measurement in MR images. The method is a statistical averaging technique, in which each voxel is viewed as a mixture of adjacent tissues in a measurable proportion. This method is based on sampling representative tissue intensities and then interpolating intermediate intensities. It can automatically correct for volume averaging artifacts occurring in voxels that contain heterogeneous tissues.
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页码:640 / 646
页数:7
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