Kinetic modeling of contrast-enhanced MRI: An automated technique for assessing inflammation in the rheumatoid arthritis wrist

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 781-795

  Zierhut, Matthew L ^a,c   Gardner, Jill C ^b   Spilker, Mary E ^a,d   Sharp, John T ^e   Vicini, Paolo ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE MRI); Gadolinium; Inflammation; Permeability surface area product (PS); Pharmacokinetics; Rheumatoid arthritis (RA); Synovitis

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; DISEASES; DRUG PRODUCTS; GADOLINIUM; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PHARMACOKINETICS;

INFLAMMATION; PERMEABILITY SURFACE AREA PRODUCT (PS); RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WRIST; SYNOVITIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS; WRIST;

ALGORITHMS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNOVITIS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 34247261622     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-006-9249-7     Document Type: Article

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