A model-constrained Monte Carlo method for blind arterial input function estimation in dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI: I. simulations

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4783-4806

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

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

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ALGORITHM; ARTERY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; ARTERIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78149354861     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/16/011     Document Type: Article

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