Evaluation of the extracranial "multifocal arcuate sign," a novel MRI finding for the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis, on STIR and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted images.
Toshitada HirakaYasuhiro SugaiYoshihiro KonnoYuuki ToyoguchiYoshie ObataShin OharaAkiko ShibataYusuke TakedaKoichi NishitsukaKazunobu IchikawaMasafumi WatanabeYukihiko SonodaMasafumi KanotoPublished in: BMC Medical Imaging (2024)
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- mr imaging
- mr images
- mri data
- probabilistic atlas
- magnetic resonance
- magnetic resonance angiography
- image data
- input image
- heart disease
- computed tomography
- image modalities
- medical images
- nonrigid registration
- contrast enhancement
- magnetic resonance imaging
- phase contrast
- fully automatic
- intraoperative
- ct data
- image analysis
- carotid artery
- brain tumors
- region of interest
- microscopy images
- three dimensional
- medical imaging
- segmentation algorithm
- edge detection
- speckle noise
- patient data
- deformation field
- patient specific
- automatic segmentation
- high resolution
- medical diagnosis