Spatially constrained incoherent motion method improves diffusion‐weighted MRI signal decay analysis in the liver and spleen

V Taimouri, O Afacan, JM Perez‐Rossello… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To evaluate the effect of the spatially constrained incoherent motion (SCIM)
method on improving the precision and robustness of fast and slow diffusion parameter …

Intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion‐weighted MRI of the abdomen: the effect of fitting algorithms on the accuracy and reliability of the parameters

HJ Park, YS Sung, SS Lee, Y Lee… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To evaluate the influence of fitting methods on the accuracy and reliability of
intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) parameters, with a particular emphasis on the constraint …

Comparison of tri‐exponential decay versus bi‐exponential decay and full fitting versus segmented fitting for modeling liver intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion MRI

O Chevallier, N Zhou, JP Cercueil, J He… - NMR in …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To determine whether bi‐or tri‐exponential models, and full or segmented fittings,
better fit the intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) imaging signal of healthy livers. Methods …

The effect of low b‐values on the intravoxel incoherent motion derived pseudodiffusion parameter in liver

AD Cohen, MC Schieke… - Magnetic resonance …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To examine the effect of low b‐values (0< b< 50 s/mm2) on the calculation of the
intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) derived pseudodiffusion parameter in the normal liver …

Spatially-constrained probability distribution model of incoherent motion (SPIM) for abdominal diffusion-weighted MRI

S Kurugol, M Freiman, O Afacan… - Medical image …, 2016 - Elsevier
Quantitative diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DW-MRI) of the body enables characterization
of the tissue microenvironment by measuring variations in the mobility of water molecules …

Evidence of tri-exponential decay for liver intravoxel incoherent motion MRI: a review of published results and limitations

O Chevallier, YXJ Wáng, K Guillen, J Pellegrinelli… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) have been
explored to assess liver tumors and diffused liver diseases. IVIM reflects the microscopic …

Quantitative analysis of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) diffusion MRI using total variation and Huber penalty function

EB Kayal, D Kandasamy, K Khare… - Medical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Quantitative analysis in intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) imaging commonly
uses voxel‐wise estimation of the bi‐exponential model, which might not be reliable for …

Comparison of methods for estimation of the intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) diffusion coefficient (D) and perfusion fraction (f)

O Jalnefjord, M Andersson, M Montelius… - … Resonance Materials in …, 2018 - Springer
Objective Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) shows great potential in many applications, eg,
tumor tissue characterization. To reduce image-quality demands, various IVIM analysis …

Self‐supervised IVIM DWI parameter estimation with a physics based forward model

SD Vasylechko, SK Warfield, O Afacan… - Magnetic resonance …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To assess the robustness and repeatability of intravoxel incoherent motion model
(IVIM) parameter estimation for the diffusion‐weighted MRI in the abdominal organs under …

Removal of evidential motion-contaminated and poorly fitted image data improves IVIM diffusion MRI parameter scan–rescan reproducibility

O Chevallier, N Zhou, J He, R Loffroy… - Acta …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background It has been reported that intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) diffusion magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) scan–rescan reproducibility is unsatisfactory. Purpose To study …