Probing tumor microvascularity by measurement, analysis and display of contrast agent uptake kinetics

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 564-574

  Parker, Geoffrey J M ^a   Suckling, John ^a   Tanner, Steven F ^a   Padhani, Anwar R ^a   Revell, Patrick B ^a   Husband, Janet E ^a   Leach, Martin O ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; False color; Gd DTPA; Parametric images; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG UPTAKE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PENTETIC ACID; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0031401415     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880070318     Document Type: Article

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