Automatic Selection of Mask and Arterial Phase Images
for Temporally-Resolved MR Digital Subtraction Angiography

Junhwan Kim, Martin R. Prince, Ramin Zabih, Jeff Bezanson, Richard Watts, Hale Erel, Yi Wang

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, To appear

International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 10th Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, Honolulu, HI, 18-24 May 2002

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Abstract

For time-resolved background-subtracted contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography, the bright and sparse arterial signal allows unique identification of contrast bolus arrival in the arteries. This paper presents an automatic filtering algorithm using such arterial characterization for selecting arterial phase images and mask images to generate an optimal summary arteriogram. A paired double-blinded comparison demonstrated that this automatic algorithm is as effective as the manual process.

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