Incorporating the effects of transcytolemmal water exchange in a reference region model for DCE-MRI analysis: Theory, simulations, and experimental results

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 326-335

  Yankeelov, Thomas E ^a,b,d   Luci, Jeffrey J ^a   DeBusk, Laura M ^a,c   Lin, P Charles ^a,c   Gore, John C ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DCE MRI; Fast exchange regime; Pharmacokinetic; Reference region; Tumor

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMALS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PHARMACOKINETICS; TUMORS;

ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION; DCE-MRI; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED MRI; EXTRACELLULAR VOLUMES; FAST EXCHANGE REGIME; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; REFERENCE REGION;

LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; EXTRAVASCULAR SPACE; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; THEORY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 38949098138     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21449     Document Type: Article

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