On the selection of optimal flip angles for T1 mapping of breast tumors with dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1209-1214

  Zhang, Jeff L ^a   Koh, T S ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dynamic contrast enhanced imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAPPING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; TISSUE;

BREAST CANCER; CONTRAST CONCENTRATION; DYNAMIC CONTRAST-ENHANCED IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33745010226     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.873391     Document Type: Article

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