A method for pharmacokinetic modelling of dynamic contrast enhanced MRI studies of rapidly enhancing lesions acquired in a clinical setting

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Radjenovic, Aleksandra ^a   Ridgway, John P ^b   Smith, Michael A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

MONO-EXPONENTIAL REPRESENTATION; PHARMACOKINETIC ANALYSIS; TRANSFER CONSTANT;

PHARMACOKINETICS;

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MICROCIRCULATION; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33645965235     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/9/N03     Document Type: Article

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