Flip angle optimization for dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI-studies with spoiled gradient echo pulse sequences

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 5373-5395

  De Naeyer, D ^a   Verhulst, J ^b   Ceelen, W ^b   Segers, P ^a   De Deene, Y ^b,c   Verdonck, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION; CONCENTRATION RANGES; CONTOUR PLOT; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DCE-MRI; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED MRI; FLIP ANGLE; GRADIENT ECHO; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; IN-VIVO EXPERIMENTS; NOISE LEVELS; OPTIMAL VALUES; OPTIMIZATION CONDITIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONCENTRATIONS; PULSE SEQUENCE; REPRODUCIBILITIES; STUDY DESIGN; TUMOUR TISSUE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FADING (RADIO); KINETIC PARAMETERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

OPTIMIZATION;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL STRAIN HT29; HUMAN; KINETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HT29 CELLS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79961095238     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/16/019     Document Type: Article

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