The importance of AIF ROI selection in DCE-MRI renography: Reproducibility and variability of renal perfusion and filtration

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Cutajar, M ^a,b   Mendichovszky, I A ^c   Tofts, P S ^b,d   Gordon, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic input function analysis; Gadolinium; GFR; Perfusion; Renal dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE MRI); Reproducibility study; Three compartment tracer kinetics model

Indexed keywords

AORTIC INPUT FUNCTION ANALYSIS; DCE-MRI; DYNAMIC CONTRAST-ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; INPUT FUNCTIONS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; TRACER KINETICS;

BLOOD VESSELS; GADOLINIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING RENOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY PERFUSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KIDNEY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77952880624     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.05.041     Document Type: Article

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