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Published on: October 21, 2010
Standardized multicolored magnetic resonance images of gynecologic lesions
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to develop a convenient and simple method for visualizing in color the features of gynecologic lesions by combining T1- and T2-weighted magnetic resonance images using RGB (red-green-blue) color channels.
Materials And Methods:
T1- and T2-weighted film images of gynecologic lesions were digitized using a film-scanner. The signal intensities of fat on T1-weighted images were converted to 133% of those on T2-weighted images. Additive multicolored images in the RGB color system were produced from T1- and T2-weighted images using color axes of a complementary color pair for a total of 84 typical gynecological lesions.
Results:
Tissues were displayed in color as follows: fat: light tan; urine: light blue: muscle: dark brown; endometrium: light blue; leiomyomas with cystic degeneration: cyanblue; cellular leiomyoma: yellowish brown; endometrial cyst: orange. The images of female intrapelvic structures and gynecologic lesions were semi-natural in appearance.
Conclusion:
Standardization of fat intensities provides a simple method for multicolored visualization of the features of gynecologic lesions.
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