Quantitative transport mapping (QTM) for differentiating benign and malignant breast lesion: Comparison with traditional kinetics modeling and semi-quantitative …

Q Zhang, P Spincemaille, M Drotman, C Chen… - Magnetic resonance …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose To test the feasibility of using quantitative transport mapping (QTM) method, which
is based on the inversion of transport equation using spatial deconvolution without any …

Normalizing Flow-based Distribution Estimation of Pharmacokinetic Parameters in Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging

K Fang, Z Wang, Q Xia, Y Liu, B Wang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: The pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters estimated from dynamic contrast-enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) provide valuable information for clinical research …

Convolutional neural network for accelerating the computation of the extended Tofts model in dynamic contrast‐enhanced magnetic resonance imaging

K Fang, Z Wang, Z Li, B Wang, G Han… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitative physiological parameters can be obtained from nonlinear pharmacokinetic
models, such as the extended Tofts (eTofts) model, applied to dynamic contrast‐enhanced …

[HTML][HTML] Phantom-based quality assurance for multicenter quantitative MRI in locally advanced cervical cancer

PJ van Houdt, JF Kallehauge, K Tanderup… - Radiotherapy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and purpose A wide variation of MRI systems is a challenge in multicenter
imaging biomarker studies as it adds variation in quantitative MRI values. The aim of this …

Comparison of Early Contrast Enhancement Models in Ultrafast Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Prostate Cancer

A Clemente, G Selva, M Berks, F Morrone, AA Morrone… - Diagnostics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Tofts models have failed to produce reliable quantitative markers for prostate cancer. We
examined the differences between prostate zones and lesion PI-RADS categories and …

Linearization improves the repeatability of quantitative dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI

KM Jones, MD Pagel, J Cárdenas-Rodríguez - Magnetic resonance …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare the repeatabilities of the linear and
nonlinear Tofts and reference region models (RRM) for dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI …

Measurement of blood‐brain barrier permeability using dynamic contrast‐enhanced magnetic resonance imaging with reduced scan time

J Bae, J Zhang, YZ Wadghiri, AS Minhas… - Magnetic resonance …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate the feasibility of measuring the subtle disruption of blood‐brain
barrier (BBB) using DCE‐MRI with a scan duration shorter than 10 min. Methods The …

Prediction of Lung Shunt Fraction for Yttrium-90 Treatment of Hepatic Tumors Using Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI with Quantitative Perfusion Processing

Q Zhang, KS Lee, AD Talenfeld, P Spincemaille… - Tomography, 2022 - mdpi.com
There is no noninvasive method to estimate lung shunting fraction (LSF) in patients with liver
tumors undergoing Yttrium-90 (Y90) therapy. We propose to predict LSF from noninvasive …

Vastly accelerated linear least‐squares fitting with numerical optimization for dual‐input delay‐compensated quantitative liver perfusion mapping

R Jafari, S Chhabra, MR Prince, Y Wang… - Magnetic resonance …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To propose an efficient algorithm to perform dual input compartment modeling for
generating perfusion maps in the liver. Methods We implemented whole field‐of‐view linear …

Dictionary-Based PLS Approach to Pharmacokinetic Mapping in DCE-MRI Using Tofts Model

KH Krishnappa, NVN Gowda - International Conference on ICT for …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DCE-MRI) is an
approach that employs MRI to monitor changes in blood flow and tissue perfusion following …