Tracer kinetic modelling in MRI: Estimating perfusion and capillary permeability

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Sourbron, S P ^a   Buckley, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DCE-MRI; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED MRI; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; SECOND GENERATION; SINGLE PARAMETER; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TRACER KINETICS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TISSUE;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CIRCULATION; HUMAN; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW;

BLOOD CIRCULATION; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; HUMANS; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855603513     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/2/R1     Document Type: Review

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