An Automatic Technique for MRI Based Murine Abdominal Fat Measurement

dc.contributor.authorTang, Yang
dc.contributor.authorSimerly, Richard
dc.contributor.authorMoats, Rex A.
dc.coverage.issue4cs
dc.coverage.volume20cs
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-01T09:16:16Z
dc.date.available2016-03-01T09:16:16Z
dc.date.issued2011-12cs
dc.description.abstractBecause of the well-known relationship between obesity and high incidence of diseases, fat related research using mice models is being widely investigated in preclinical experiments. In the present study, we developed a technique to automatically measure mice abdominal adipose volume and determine the depot locations using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Our technique includes an innovative method to detect fat tissues from MR images which not only utilizes the T1 weighted intensity information, but also takes advantage of the transverse relaxation time(T2) calculated from the multiple echo data. The technique contains both a fat optimized MRI imaging acquisition protocol that works well at 7T and a newly designed post processing methodology that can automatically accomplish the fat extraction and depot recognition without user intervention in the segmentation procedure. The post processing methodology has been integrated into easy-to-use software that we have made available via free download. The method was validated by comparing automated results with two independent manual analyses in 26 mice exhibiting different fat ratios from the obesity research project. The comparison confirms a close agreement between the results in total adipose tissue size and voxel-by-voxel overlaps.en
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dc.format.extent988-995cs
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dc.identifier.citationRadioengineering. 2011, vol. 20, č. 4, s. 988-995. ISSN 1210-2512cs
dc.identifier.issn1210-2512
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11012/56941
dc.language.isoencs
dc.publisherSpolečnost pro radioelektronické inženýrstvícs
dc.relation.ispartofRadioengineeringcs
dc.relation.urihttp://www.radioeng.cz/fulltexts/2011/11_04_988_995.pdfcs
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licenseen
dc.rights.accessopenAccessen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en
dc.subjectMeasurementen
dc.subjectMRIen
dc.subjectabdominalen
dc.subjectmiceen
dc.subjectFatExtractoren
dc.titleAn Automatic Technique for MRI Based Murine Abdominal Fat Measurementen
dc.type.driverarticleen
dc.type.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen
eprints.affiliatedInstitution.facultyFakulta eletrotechniky a komunikačních technologiícs
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