Perfusion assessment using intravoxel incoherent motion-based analysis of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging: validation through phantom experiments

JH Lee, H Cheong, SS Lee, CK Lee… - Investigative …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objectives The aims of this study were to demonstrate the theoretical meaning of intravoxel
incoherent motion (IVIM) parameters and to compare the robustness of 2 biexponential …

Toward an optimal distribution of b values for intravoxel incoherent motion imaging

A Lemke, B Stieltjes, LR Schad, FB Laun - Magnetic resonance imaging, 2011 - Elsevier
The intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) theory provides a framework for the separation of
perfusion and diffusion effects in diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). To measure the three …

Rapid measurement of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) derived perfusion fraction for clinical magnetic resonance imaging

EM Meeus, J Novak, H Dehghani, AC Peet - … Resonance Materials in …, 2018 - Springer
Objective This study aimed to investigate the reliability of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM)
model derived parameters D and f and their dependence on b value distributions with a …

Quantitative perfusion and water transport time model from multi b-value diffusion magnetic resonance imaging validated against neutron capture microspheres

M Liu, N Saadat, Y Jeong, S Roth… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Purpose Quantification of perfusion in ml/100 g/min, rather than comparing relative values
side-to-side, is critical at the clinical and research levels for large longitudinal and multi …

Image acquisition for intravoxel incoherent motion imaging of kidneys should be triggered at the instant of maximum blood velocity: evidence obtained with simulations …

B Milani, JB Ledoux, DC Rotzinger… - Magnetic resonance …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To demonstrate that diffusion‐weighted images should be acquired at the instant of
maximum blood velocity in kidneys to extract the perfusion fraction (PF) by the bi …

Quantification of microcirculatory parameters by joint analysis of flow‐compensated and non‐flow‐compensated intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) data

A Ahlgren, L Knutsson, R Wirestam… - NMR in …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to improve the accuracy and precision of perfusion fraction and
blood velocity dispersion estimates in intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) imaging, using …

Eliminating the blood‐flow confounding effect in intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) using the non‐negative least square analysis in liver

G Gambarota, E Hitti, B Leporq… - Magnetic resonance …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Tissue perfusion measurements using intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) diffusion‐
MRI are of interest for investigations of liver pathologies. A confounding factor in the …

Optimization of b‐value schemes for estimation of the diffusion coefficient and the perfusion fraction with segmented intravoxel incoherent motion model fitting

O Jalnefjord, M Montelius, G Starck… - Magnetic resonance …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) modeling for estimation of the diffusion
coefficient (D) and perfusion fraction (f) is increasingly popular, but no consensus on …

Systematic analysis of the intravoxel incoherent motion threshold separating perfusion and diffusion effects: proposal of a standardized algorithm

MC Wurnig, OF Donati, E Ulbrich, L Filli… - Magnetic resonance …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To systematically evaluate the dependence of intravoxel‐incoherent‐motion (IVIM)
parameters on the b‐value threshold separating the perfusion and diffusion compartment …

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 …