Dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE) MRI estimation of vascular parameters using knowledge-based adaptive models

Abstract We introduce and validate four adaptive models (AMs) to perform a physiologically based Nested-Model-Selection (NMS) estimation of such microvascular parameters as forward volumetric transfer constant, Ktrans, plasma volume fraction, vp, and extravascular, extracellular space, ve, directly...

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Main Authors: Hassan Bagher-Ebadian, Stephen L. Brown, Mohammad M. Ghassemi, Tavarekere N. Nagaraja, Olivia Grahm Valadie, Prabhu C. Acharya, Glauber Cabral, George Divine, Robert A. Knight, Ian Y. Lee, Jun H. Xu, Benjamin Movsas, Indrin J. Chetty, James R. Ewing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36483-9