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Removal of Arterial Vessel Contributions in Susceptibility-Weighted Images for Quantification of Normalized Visible Venous Volume in Children with Sickle Cell Disease.

Adam M WinchellRuitian SongRalf B LoefflerWinfred C WangJane S HankinsKathleen J HeltonClaudia M Hillenbrand
Published in: Journal of healthcare engineering (2017)
Hypointense arterial vessel contamination occurred in the majority of SWI exams and led to a sizeable overestimation of the visible venous volume. A prospective longitudinal study is needed to evaluate if quantitation of NVVV was improved and to assess the role of NVVV as a biomarker of SCD severity or stroke risk.
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