Model-based blind estimation of kinetic parameters in Dynamic Contrast Enhanced (DCE)-MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1477-1486

  Fluckiger, Jacob U ^a   Schabel, Matthias C ^a   DiBella, Edward V R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial input function; Blind estimation; DCE MRI; Perfusion imaging; Pharmacokinetic modeling; Tofts Kety model

Indexed keywords

BLIND EQUALIZATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; K-MEANS CLUSTERING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PHARMACOKINETICS; TUMORS;

ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION; BLIND ESTIMATIONS; DCE-MRI; PERFUSION IMAGING; PHARMACOKINETIC MODEL;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISPERSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINETICS; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NEUROIMAGING; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TISSUE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 73149107765     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22101     Document Type: Article

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