Quantitative analysis of dynamic contrast-enhanced and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for oncology in R

Journal of Statistical Software

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1-29

  Whitcher, Brandon ^a   Schmid, Volker J ^b  

^a Mango Solutions   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast; DcemriS4; Diffusion; Dynamic; Enhanced; Imaging; Magnetic; Resonance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856257474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15487660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18637/jss.v044.i05     Document Type: Article

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