Abstract
Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become more and more widely applied in cancer diagnosis and treatment follow-up. Without complicated calculation, a semiquantitative parameter - modified initial area under the curve (mIAUC c) - was proposed for better correlation with volume transfer constant (K trans) by computer simulation. In this study, we aim to further investigate the correlation between mIAUC c and K trans in clinical. A total of 10 patients with brain tumors participated in this study and images were acquired by using a 3-Tesla clinical MR scanner. The results showed that mIAUC c was highly correlated with K trans with the correlation coefficient of 0.913. Although the ideals of K trans and mIAUC c are different, mIAUC c does the trick for brain tumors evaluations in DCE-MRI. It reveals that mIAUC c could be an alternative for physiological condition evaluation in DCE-MRI.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 132-136 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 06 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- dynamic contrast enhanced
- initial area under the curve
- magnetic resonance imaging
- volume transfer constant