Paper Info
Title
MRI-based anatomical model of the human head for specific absorption rate mapping.
Abstract
In this study, we present a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based, high-resolution, numerical model of the head of a healthy human subject. In order to formulate the model, we performed quantitative volumetric segmentation on the human head, using T1-weighted MRI. The high spatial resolution used (1 × 1 × 1 mm3), allowed for the precise computation and visualization of a higher number of anatomical structures than provided by previous models. Furthermore, the high spatial resolution allowed us to study individual thin anatomical structures of clinical relevance not visible by the standard model currently adopted in computational bioelectromagnetics. When we computed the electromagnetic field and specific absorption rate (SAR) at 7 Tesla MRI using this high-resolution model, we were able to obtain a detailed visualization of such fine anatomical structures as the epidermis/dermis, bone structures, bone-marrow, white matter and nasal and eye structures.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1007/s11517-008-0414-z
Med. Biol. Engineering and Computing
Keywords
Field
DocType
specific absorption rate,magnetic resonance imaging,high resolution,head,magnetic resonance image,brain mapping,cephalometry,electromagnetic fields,standard model,electromagnetic field
Brain mapping,Computer vision,Bioelectromagnetics,Specific absorption rate,Visualization,Segmentation,Artificial intelligence,Image resolution,Mathematics,Human head,Magnetic resonance imaging
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
46
12
1741-0444
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
14
1.79
5
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nikos Makris129236.93
Leonardo M. Angelone2387.63
Seann Tulloch3141.79
Scott Sorg4172.28
Jonathan Kaiser5272.89
David Kennedy681477.90
Giorgio Bonmassar715933.51