A biphasic parameter estimation method for quantitative analysis of dynamic renal scintigraphic data

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2857-2870

  Koh, T S ^a   Zhang, Jeff L ^a   Ong, C K ^b   Shuter, B ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICINE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATHOLOGY; PLASMA FLOW;

BIPHASIC METHODS; PARENCHYMAL PARAMETERS; RENAL FUNCTIONS; SCINTIGRAPHIC DATA;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYNAMIC RENAL SCINTIGRAPHY; EVALUATION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY PLASMA FLOW; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENCHYMA; PARENCHYMAL MEAN TRANSIT TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR MEAN TRANSIT TIME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RENAL CIRCULATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33744817612     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/11/012     Document Type: Article

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