Using magnetic resonance images for organ and region volume estimation

The examination of magnetic resonance (MR) images in clinical research is important for the analysis of disease images and diseases. Organ and region volume measurements are of great importance in the diagnosis of various diseases. For volume estimation, MR images are both inexpensive and easy to obtain and involve a non-hazardous method. Medical software tools are being developed to assist clinicians, surgeons and researchers in their computer-aided research projects. Currently available MR image segmentation tools differ widely from one another in terms of design, functionality and accessibility. This chapter discusses and describes the different medical software tools developed for manual, semi-automatic or fully automatic volumetric evaluation from MR images and some of the features of these tools. Brief information about the leading MR image segmentation software in clinical research is provided, and these software tools are introduced.