Efficient Method for Calculating Kinetic Parameters Using T 1-Weighted Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 858-862

  Murase, Kenya ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic contrast enhanced MRI; Functional image; Kinetic parameter estimation; Linear least squares method; Nonlinear least squares method

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KINETIC PARAMETERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RATE CONSTANTS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE;

DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED MRI; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FUNCTIONAL IMAGES; LINEAR LEAST SQUARES; LINEAR LEAST-SQUARES METHOD; NONLINEAR LEAST SQUARES METHODS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; EXTRAVASCULAR SPACE; KINETICS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA VOLUME; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE PERFUSION;

EID: 1842428911     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20022     Document Type: Article

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