Estimating the arterial input function using two reference tissues in dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI studies: Fundamental concepts and simulations

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1110-1117

  Yang, Cheng ^a   Karczmar, Gregory S ^a   Medved, Milica ^a   Stadler, Walter M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Section Hematology/Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial input function; Contrast agent; Dynamic MRI; Gd DTPA; Pharmacokinetic model

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; KINETIC PARAMETERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TISSUE; TRACERS;

ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION; CONTRAST AGENT; DYNAMIC MRI; GD-DTPA; PHARMACOKINETIC MODEL;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ARTERY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; KINETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIMULATION;

EID: 7544225845     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20243     Document Type: Article

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