Model selection in measures of vascular parameters using dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI: Experimental and clinical applications

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1028-1041

  Ewing, James R ^a,b,c   Bagher Ebadian, Hassan ^a,b,d  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral glioma; DCE MRI; Microvascular permeability; Model selection; Patlak plot

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL GLIOMAS; DCE-MRI; MICROVASCULAR; MODEL SELECTION; PATLAK PLOT;

TUMORS;

VOLUME FRACTION;

CARBON 14; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; PROTON; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; WATER;

ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST BIOPSY; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DOSIMETRY; DRUG DIFFUSION; DRUG PENETRATION; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETERS; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RODENT; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TUMOR VOLUME; TUMOR XENOGRAFT; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WATER TRANSPORT;

CEREBRAL GLIOMA; DCE-MRI; MICROVASCULAR PERMEABILITY; MODEL SELECTION; PATLAK PLOT;

ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD VOLUME; BODY WATER; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROIMAGING; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84880961749     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.2996     Document Type: Article

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