Dynamic contrast-enhanced mri and fractal characteristics of percolation clusters in two-dimensional tumor blood perfusion

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 480-486

  Craciunescu, O I ^a   Das, S K ^a   Clegg, S T ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Cerprobe Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TISSUE;

BLOOD PERFUSION; PERCOLATION CLUSTER GEOMETRY;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOGS; FORELIMB; FRACTALS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HINDLIMB; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; SARCOMA, EXPERIMENTAL;

EID: 0033213491     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2835076     Document Type: Article

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