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OBJECTIVES: Quantitative MRI techniques such as T2 and T1$\rho$ mapping are beneficial in evaluating cartilage and meniscus. We aimed to evaluate the MIXTURE (Multi-Interleaved X-prepared Turbo-Spin Echo with IntUitive RElaxometry)…
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Objective: We evaluate a fully-automated femoral cartilage segmentation model for measuring T2 relaxation values and longitudinal changes using multi-echo spin echo (MESE) MRI. We have open sourced this model and corresponding…
Quantifying muscle tissue properties is crucial for understanding pathophysiological changes occurring in skeletal muscle (SM). In particular, T2 relaxation and diffusion MRI (dMRI) are promising techniques. However, typical methods measure…
Objective(s): T$_2$* and susceptibility ($\chi$) MRI mapping provide complimentary measures of the haemodynamic environment in the placenta. The aims of this work were to use these simultaneously obtained measures to investigate the role of…
Skull-base meningiomas are often characterized by favorable long-term prognosis, yet their anatomical complexity and proximity to critical neurovascular structures make treatment selection challenging. Stereotactic radiosurgery with…
T2 mapping in fetal brain MRI has the potential to improve characterization of the developing brain, especially at mid-field (0.55T), where T2 decay is slower. However, this is challenging as fetal MRI acquisition relies on multiple…
Multiexponential T2 (MET2) Relaxometry and Magnetization Transfer (MT) are among the most promising MRI-derived techniques for white matter (WM) characterization. Both techniques are shown to have histologically correlated sensitivity to…
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers superior soft tissue contrast and is widely used in biomedicine. However, conventional MRI is not quantitative, which presents a bottleneck in image analysis and digital healthcare. Typically,…
Recovering the T2 distribution from multi-echo T2 magnetic resonance (MR) signals is challenging but has high potential as it provides biomarkers characterizing the tissue micro-structure, such as the myelin water fraction (MWF). In this…
The understanding of the material properties of the layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) is critical for their applications in structural composites. The data-driven machine learning (ML) based approaches are being developed in…
Classical radiomic features are designed to quantify image appearance and intensity patterns. Compared with end-to-end deep learning (DL) models trained for disease classification, radiomics pipelines with low-dimensional parametric…
The purpose of this work is to develop a deep learning-based method for knee menisci segmentation in 3D ultrashort echo time (UTE) cones magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, and to automatically determine MR relaxation times, namely the T1,…
Objectives: The role of advanced diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in chronic liver disease (CLD) has not been fully studied. Chronic liver disease (CLD) is a progressive deterioration of liver functions, caused by one or more etiology. This…
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is very common progressive and degenerative musculoskeletal disease worldwide creates a heavy burden on patients with reduced quality of life and also on society due to financial impact. Therefore, any attempt to…
Purpose: We developed an artificial neural network (ANN) combining radiomics with clinical and dosimetric features to predict the extent of body mass index (BMI) increase after surgery and proton therapy, with advantage of improved accuracy…
The importance of radiomics features for predicting patient outcome is now well-established. Early study of prognostic features can lead to a more efficient treatment personalisation. For this reason new radiomics features obtained through…
Introduction: Quantitative MRI techniques such as T2 and T1\r{ho} mapping are beneficial in evaluating knee joint pathologies; however, long acquisition times limit their clinical adoption. MIXTURE (Multi-Interleaved X-prepared Turbo-Spin…