title: Removing Ambiguity Caused by T2 Shine-through using Weighted Diffusion Subtraction (WDS).
abstract: We propose a novel image processing technique that combines images routinely acquired with low and high b values to create a single image that contains clinically useful information without the ambiguity of T2 shine-through. The contrast of resulting images is similar to that of a T2 image, but the signals of pixels with low apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values are inverted. The proposed technique takes the threshold ADC value as the one adjustable parameter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Keio University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oshio
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okuda
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shinmoto
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013382:Subtraction Technique / Q000706:statistics & numerical data