GLCM texture analysis is a promising technique for characterizing and classifying tissue pathologies. In liver applications it has been mostly performed on T2-weighted images. Fast radial T2 mapping techniques enable acquiring T2 maps in clinically feasible measurement time (during breath-hold). Here, we explored the performance of the different settings of GLCM texture analysis in liver T2 maps, which might be more advantageous compared to T2-weighted images. We identified the grey-level quantization of 8bits and direction of 90° as the best setting for discrimination between fibrotic and healthy livers.
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