Comparison of a reference region model with direct measurement of an AIF in the analysis of DCE-MRI data

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 353-361

  Yankeelov, Thomas E ^a,b,h   Cron, Greg O ^c   Addison, Christina L ^d   Wallace, Julia C ^e   Wilkins, Ruth C ^f   Pappas, Bruce A ^e   Santyr, Giles E ^e,g   Gore, John C ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^g ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial input function; Contrast agent; DCE MRI; Reference region; Tumor pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION; CONTRAST AGENT; DCE-MRI; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED MRIS (DCE); EXTRACELLULAR VOLUMES; LINEAR CORRELATION; REFERENCE REGION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAT; REFERENCE VALUE; STUDENT T TEST; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE TUMOR; THEORY;

EID: 33846822058     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21131     Document Type: Article

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