A whole-body diffusion MRI normal atlas: development, evaluation and initial use

• Published in: Cancer imaging Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 1 - 15
• Main Authors: Sjöholm, Therese, Tarai, Sambit, Malmberg, Filip, Strand, Robin, Korenyushkin, Alexander, Enblad, Gunilla, Ahlström, Håkan, Kullberg, Joel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 14.09.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: ADC; Age factors; Algorithms; Automation; Body fat; Body image; Body mass index; Body size; Cancer; Contraindications; Correlation analysis; Deviation; Diffusion coefficient; Disease; Drunk driving; Ethics; Evaluation; Females; Formability; Image registration; Image segmentation; Liver; Lymphoma; Lymphomas; Magnetic resonance imaging; Males; Medical imaging; Medical imaging equipment; Muscles; Normal atlas; Patients; Precision; Registration; Scanners; Self image; Statistical analysis; Tumors; Voxel-wise analysis; Whole-body DWI

Background Statistical atlases can provide population-based descriptions of healthy volunteers and/or patients and can be used for region- and voxel-based analysis. This work aims to develop whole-body diffusion atlases of healthy volunteers scanned at 1.5T and 3T. Further aims include evaluating th...