Measurement of tumor vascular volume and mean microvascular random flow velocity magnitude by dynamic Gd-DTPA-albumin enhanced and diffusion-weighted MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 397-404

  Wang, Zhiheng ^a   Su, Min Ying ^a   Nalcioglu, Orhan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartmental modeling; Diffusion weighted MRI; Gd DTPA albumin enhanced MRI; Microvascular random flow; Tumor vascular volume fraction

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; TUMORS;

COMPARTMENTAL MODEL; DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED MRI; GD-DTPA; MICROVASCULAR; RANDOM FLOWS;

FLOW VELOCITY;

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAT; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0031869598     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910400309     Document Type: Article

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