A Novel Estimation Method for Physiological Parameters in Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI: Application of a Distributed Parameter Model Using Fourier-Domain Calculations

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1375-1383

  Garpebring, Anders ^a   Karlsson, Mikael ^a   Östlund, Nils ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE MRI); parameter estimation; tissue homogeneity models; tracer kinetics

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 79958200554     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2009.2016212     Document Type: Article

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