Automatic selection of arterial input function on dynamic contrast-enhanced MR images

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Peruzzo, Denis ^a   Bertoldo, Alessandra ^a   Zanderigo, Francesca ^a,b   Cobelli, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIF; CBF; CBV; Contrast agents; DSC MRI; MTT

Indexed keywords

AIF; CBF; CBV; CONTRAST AGENT; DSC MRI; MTT;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC LOGIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; RESONANCE;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; CASE REPORT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 80655124728     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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