Reference tissue quantification of DCE-MRI data without a contrast agent calibration

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 589-601

  Walker Samuel, Simon ^a   Leach, Martin O ^a   Collins, David J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; RELAXATION PROCESSES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

CONTRAST AGENT CALIBRATION; PHARMACOKINETIC PARAMETERS; RELAXATION RATES; VASCULAR INPUT FUNCTION (VIF);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM CANCER; SIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; METABOLISM; RECTUM TUMOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

BIOPHYSICS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34047264445     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/3/004     Document Type: Article

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