Tracer kinetic modeling in myocardial perfusion quantification using MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1206-1215

  Schwab, Felix ^a,b   Ingrisch, Michael ^a   Marcus, Roy ^a   Bamberg, Fabian ^a,b   Hildebrandt, Kristof ^a   Adrion, Christine ^c   Gliemi, Christopher ^d   Nikolaou, Konstantin ^a   Reiser, Maximilian ^a,b   Theisen, Daniel ^a,b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Munich Heart Alliance   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Siemens Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac MRI; Model selection; Myocardial blood flow; Myocardial perfusion reserve; Perfusion quantification; Tracer kinetics

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; KINETIC PARAMETERS; KINETIC THEORY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TRACERS;

CARDIAC MRI; MODEL SELECTION; MYOCARDIAL BLOOD FLOW; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION; PERFUSION QUANTIFICATION; TRACER KINETICS;

STRESS MEASUREMENT;

GADUBUTROL; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOBUTROL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPARTMENT MODEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART RATE; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; KINETICS; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; PERMEABILITY; PLASMA VOLUME; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REST; STRESS CARDIAC PERFUSION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE REACTION; TRACER KINETIC MODELING; VOLUME OF DISTRIBUTION; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC USE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; METABOLISM; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84923139152     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25212     Document Type: Article

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