Automated Detection of the Optimal Arterial Phase in Dynamic 3D Contrast Enhanced Imaging of the Liver

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acquisition acquisitions administered agents allow among aorta approximately arterial assumed audience automated automatically available axes bandwidth breath burden capturing caused central challenging chance characterization clinical clustering clusters coincide college computed consecutive consists continued contrast correlation crucial curve curves depending description detect detected detecting detection deviation diaphragmatic displacement distance divide dose doses dynamic efficiency elliptical ended enhanced enhancement especially evolution experienced falls feasibility frame frames guided gyration half heart hold implementation inclusion indicate inferior injected instructed intensity lava liver local location long manual martin mask masks mass matrix maximal median medical morphological optimal overall paralysis pascal patient patients peak pixel pixels portal post potential preliminary press prince proposed radiological radiology radius read reader reconstruction relevant remove removed resolution respectively retrospectively scanner scanning selected selecting selection selects series sets shorter significantly slice slices sliding software spiral steps straightforward subject substantial superior surrounding target technologist temporal text threshold took venous view volume whose window