Validity of perfusion parameters obtained using the modified Tofts model: A simulation study

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1491-1497

  Luypaert, Robert ^a   Sourbron, Steven ^b   De Mey, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bolus tracking; MRI; perfusion; permeability; Tofts model

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

CLINICAL PRACTICES; EXCHANGE MODELS; FITTING RESULTS; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; PERFUSION; SIMULATION STUDIES; TISSUE TYPES;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; PERFUSION; PLASMA VOLUME; TISSUE REACTION; TOFTS MODEL; VALIDITY;

EID: 79954613339     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22728     Document Type: Article

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