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Assessment of kidney volumes from MRI: acquisition and segmentation techniques
Frank G Zöllner1, Einar Svarstad, Antonella Z Munthe-Kaas
1Computer Assisted Clinical Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, Mannheim 68167, Germany. frank.zoellner@medma.uni-heidelberg.de
Objective:
The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasing worldwide. In Europe alone, at least 8% of the population currently has some degree of CKD. CKD is associated with serious comorbidity, reduced life expectancy, and high economic costs; hence, early detection and adequate treatment of kidney disease are important.
Conclusion:
We review state-of-the-art MRI acquisition techniques for CKD, with a special focus on image segmentation methods used for the estimation of kidney volume.
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