Identification of intratumour low frequency microvascular components via BOLD signal fractal dimension mapping

Physica Medica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-91

  Wardlaw, Graeme ^a,b   Wong, Raimond ^c   Noseworthy, Michael D ^a,b  

^a Brain Body Institute   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

BOLD; fMRI; Fractal dimension; Human; Tumour

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROVASCULATURE; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; VASCULAR TUMOR;

BIOPHYSICS; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOPLASMS; OXYGEN;

EID: 44649083169     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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