Effect of changing the analyzed image contrast on the accuracy of intracranial volume extraction using Brain Extraction Tool 2

• Published in: Radiological physics and technology Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 76 - 82
• Main Authors: Goto, Masami, Hagiwara, Akifumi, Kato, Ayumi, Fujita, Shohei, Hori, Masaaki, Kamagata, Koji, Aoki, Shigeki, Abe, Osamu, Sakamoto, Hajime, Sakano, Yasuaki, Kyogoku, Shinsuke, Daida, Hiroyuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Singapore 01.03.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Brain; Brain - diagnostic imaging; Brain Mapping - methods; Child; Child, Preschool; Contrast Media - pharmacology; False Positive Reactions; Female; Humans; Image contrast; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Imaging; Infant; Infants; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical and Radiation Physics; Medical imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nuclear Medicine; Pattern Recognition, Automated; Post-processing; Proton density (concentration); Radiology; Radiotherapy; Reproducibility of Results; Software; Statistical analysis; Sturge-Weber Syndrome - diagnostic imaging; Young Adult; Sturge–weber syndrome; “; Synthetic MRI; FSL; parameter; Brain extraction; “f” parameter

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of changing the contrast of an analyzed image on the accuracy of intracranial volume (ICV) extraction using the Brain Extraction Tool (BET2) in healthy adults and patients with Sturge–Weber syndrome (SWS), including infants. Twelve SWS patients, inclu...