| Quantitative MRI in isotropic spatial resolution for forensic soft tissue documentation. Why and how? | |
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PMID: 20840290 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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A quantification of T1, T2, and PD in high isotropic resolution was performed on corpses. Isotropic and quantified postmortem magnetic resonance (IQpmMR) enables sophisticated 3D postprocessing, such as reformatting and volume rendering. The body tissues can be characterized by the combination of these three values. The values of T1, T2, and PD were given as coordinates in a T1-T2-PD space where similar tissue voxels formed clusters. Implementing in a volume rendering software enabled color encoding of specific tissues and pathologies in 3D models of the corpse similar to computed tomography, but with distinctively more powerful soft tissue discrimination. From IQpmMR data, any image plane at any contrast weighting may be calculated or 3D color-encoded volume rendering may be carried out. The introduced approach will enable future computer-aided diagnosis that, e.g., checks corpses for a hemorrhage distribution based on the knowledge of its T1-T2-PD vector behavior in a high spatial resolution. |
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Authors:
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Christian Jackowski; Marcel J B Warntjes; Johan Kihlberg; Johan Berge; Michael J Thali; Anders Persson |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2010-09-14 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of forensic sciences Volume: 56 ISSN: 1556-4029 ISO Abbreviation: J. Forensic Sci. Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-01-04 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0375370 Medline TA: J Forensic Sci Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 208-15 Citation Subset: IM |
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© 2010 American Academy of Forensic Sciences. |
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Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), University Hospital, University of Linköping, SE-58185 Linköping, Sweden. christian.jackowski@irm.uzh.ch |
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