A study on reference based time intensity curves quantification in DCE-MRI monitoring of rectal cancer

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 38-41

  Sansone, M ^a   Aprile, F ^a   Fusco, R ^a   Petrillo, M ^b   Petrillo, A ^b   Siani, A ^b   Bracale, U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

DCE MRI; Reference based quantification; Time intensity curve

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICAL PHYSICS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SCANNING;

ADJUVANT TREATMENT; DCE-MRI; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MODALITIES; QUANTITATIVE PARAMETERS; REFERENCE BASED QUANTIFICATION; SIGNAL-INTENSITY CURVES; TIME-INTENSITY CURVES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 77950911510     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03879-2_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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