Prediction and Reduction of Motion Artifacts in Free-Breathing Dynamic Contrast Enhanced CT Perfusion Imaging of Primary and Metastatic Intrahepatic Tumors

Academic Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 414-422

  Jensen, Nikolaj K G ^a   Lock, Michael ^a,b   Fisher, Barbara ^a,b   Kozak, Roman ^c   Chen, Xiaogang ^d   Chen, Jeff ^a,b   Wong, Eugene ^a,b   Lee, Ting Yim ^a,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^c ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer assisted; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Image processing; Liver; Liver circulation; Perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; BREATH HOLDING; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PORTAL VEIN; RESPIRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84875078063     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2012.09.027     Document Type: Article

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