Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 520-526, May 2010

Development of a high-precision image-processing automatic measurement system for MRI visceral fat images acquired using a binomial RF-excitation pulse

  • Ryusuke Nakai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Simulation Engineering, Research Center for Nano Medical Engineering, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 075 751 4132; fax: +81 075 751 4132.
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  • Takashi Azuma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Simulation Engineering, Research Center for Nano Medical Engineering, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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  • Taizou Kishimoto

      Affiliations

    • Human Science Research Center, Wacoal Corporation, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Tazuko Hirata

      Affiliations

    • Human Science Research Center, Wacoal Corporation, Kyoto, Japan
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  • Osamu Takizawa

      Affiliations

    • Medical Solution Marketing Division, Siemens Asahi Medical Technologies Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
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  • Suong-Hyu Hyon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Simulation Engineering, Research Center for Nano Medical Engineering, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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  • Sadami Tsutsumi

      Affiliations

    • Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan

Received 8 September 2009; accepted 7 December 2009. published online 22 January 2010.

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PII: S0730-725X(09)00311-7

doi:10.1016/j.mri.2009.12.019

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 520-526, May 2010