Open AccessEvaluating the Role of Amide Proton Transfer (APT)–Weighted Contrast, Optimized for Normalization and Region of Interest Selection, in Differentiation of Neoplastic and Infective Mass Lesions on 3T MRI
Author(s) -
Ayan Debnath,
Rakesh K. Gupta,
Anup Singh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
molecular imaging and biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1860-2002
pISSN - 1536-1632
DOI - 10.1007/s11307-019-01382-x
Subject(s) - normalization (sociology) , nuclear medicine , contrast (vision) , magnetic resonance imaging , histogram , glioma , fluid attenuated inversion recovery , medicine , radiology , nuclear magnetic resonance , physics , artificial intelligence , computer science , cancer research , sociology , anthropology , image (mathematics)
To evaluate the role of amide proton transfer-weighted (APT-w) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in differentiating neoplastic and infective mass lesions using different contrast normalizations, region of interest (ROI) selection, and histogram analysis.