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ReviewJournal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI2025

Color Maps: Facilitating the Clinical Impact of Quantitative MRI.

Nico Sollmann, Miha Fuderer, Fabio Crameri, Sebastian Weingärtner, Bettina Baeßler, Vikas Gulani, Kathryn E Keenan, Stefano Mandija, Xavier Golay, Nandita M deSouza

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Review in Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Colour map displays.Insights into imaging · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Nico SollmannDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8120-2223
Miha FudererRadiotherapy, Division Imaging and Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Fabio CrameriUndertone.design, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1989-2729
Sebastian WeingärtnerDepartment of Imaging Physics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0739-6306
Bettina BaeßlerDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Vikas GulaniDepartment of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Kathryn E KeenanPhysical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Stefano MandijaRadiotherapy, Division Imaging and Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4612-5509
Xavier GolayQueen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6447-4446
Nandita M deSouzaThe Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4232-476X

Funding

NWO NWO grant number 17986
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Presenting quantitative data using non-standardized color maps potentially results in unrecognized misinterpretation of data. Clinically meaningful color maps should intuitively and inclusively represent data without misleading interpretation. Uniformity of the color gradient for color maps is critically important. Maximal color and lightness contrast, readability for color vision-impaired individuals, and recognizability of the color scheme are highly desirable features. This article describes the use of color maps in five key quantitative MRI techniques: relaxometry, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE)-MRI, MR elastography (MRE), and water-fat MRI. Current display practice of color maps is reviewed and shortcomings against desirable features are highlighted. EVIDENCE LEVEL: 5 TECHNICAL EFFICACY: Stage 2.

Indexed as

ColorimetryImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingAlgorithmsColorContrast MediaHumansImage EnhancementReproducibility of ResultsContrast Mediacolor mapscontrast‐enhanced imagingdiffusionelastographyfat fractionrelaxometry

Identifiers

PMID39180202
PMCPMC11896930

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Registered trials

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