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Considerations for the Unbiased In-Vivo Determination of the Volume and Surface Area of Structures of Clinical Interest Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Computer Assisted Radiology / Computergestützte Radiologie

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The purpose of this paper is two fold. Firstly to illustrate the application of stereological methods and sampling procedures for determining feature volume and surface area from Magnetic Resonance, MR, data sets, and secondly to highlight the problem that overprojection effects pose in obtaining these quantities. The computer provides a convenient machine for interactive application of the stereological tools and potentially can be programmed to perform the mensuration completely automatically.

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  1. Magnetic Resonance Research Centre, University of Liverpool, P.O.Box 147, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK

    Neil Roberts, Vyvyan Howard, Mike Bourne, Jonathan Salisbury, Graham H. Whitehouse & Richard H. T. Edwards

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  1. Institut für Techn. Informatik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany

    Heinz U. Lemke Ph. D.

  2. Toshiba, America MRI, Inc., San Francisco, USA

    Michael L. Rhodes Ph. D.

  3. Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., USA

    C. C. Jaffe M. D.

  4. Freie Universität Berlin Universitätsklinikum Rudolf Virchow, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany

    Roland Felix M. D.

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Roberts, N., Howard, V., Bourne, M., Salisbury, J., Whitehouse, G.H., Edwards, R.H.T. (1991). Considerations for the Unbiased In-Vivo Determination of the Volume and Surface Area of Structures of Clinical Interest Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. In: Lemke, H.U., Rhodes, M.L., Jaffe, C.C., Felix, R. (eds) Computer Assisted Radiology / Computergestützte Radiologie. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-00807-2_5

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