Title:
Expanded Pharmacokinetic model for population studies in Breast MRI

dc.contributor.author Mohan, Vandana
dc.contributor.author Shinagawa, Yoshihisa
dc.contributor.author Jian, Bing
dc.contributor.author Hermosillo Valadez, Gerardo
dc.contributor.corporatename Siemens Aktiengesellschaft. Medical Solutions
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
dc.date.accessioned 2009-06-24T19:43:48Z
dc.date.available 2009-06-24T19:43:48Z
dc.date.issued 2008-02-19
dc.description ©2008 SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited. The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.770941 en
dc.description Presented at Medical imaging 2008: Computer-aided diagnosis, 19-21 February 2008, San Diego, California, USA.
dc.description DOI:10.1117/12.770941
dc.description.abstract We propose a new model for pharmacokinetic analysis based on the one proposed by Tofts. Our model both eliminates the need for estimating the Arterial Input Function (AIF) and normalizes analysis so that comparisons across patients can be performed. Previous methods have attempted to circumvent the AIF estimation by using the pharmacokinetic parameters of multiple reference regions (RR). Viewing anatomical structures as filters, pharmacokinetic analysis tells us that 'similar' structures will be similar filters. By cascading the inverse filter at a RR with the filter at the voxel being analyzed, we obtain a transfer function relating the concentration of a voxel to that of the RR. We show that this transfer function simplifies into a five-parameter nonlinear model with no reference to the AIF. These five parameters are combinations of the three parameters of the original model at the RR and the region of interest. Contrary to existing methods, ours does not require explicit estimation of the pharmacokinetic parameters of the RR. Also, cascading filters in the frequency domain allows us to manipulate more complex models, such as accounting for the vascular tracer component. We believe that our model can improve analysis across MR parameters because the analyzed and reference enhancement series are from the same image. Initial results are promising with the proposed model parameters exhibiting values that are more consistent across lesions in multiple patients. Additionally, our model can be applied to multiple voxels to estimate the original pharmacokinetic parameters as well as the AIF. en
dc.identifier.citation Vandana Mohan, Yoshihisa Shinagawa, and Gerardo Hermosillo, "Expanded Pharmacokinetic model for population studies in Breast MRI," Medical imaging 2008 : Computer-aided diagnosis, Maryellen L. Giger, Nico Karssemeijer, Editors, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 6915, 69150K (2008) en
dc.identifier.issn 0277-786X
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28605
dc.language.iso en_US en
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en
dc.publisher.original Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
dc.subject Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging en
dc.subject Mammary gland en
dc.subject Population en
dc.subject Models en
dc.subject Pharmacokinetics en
dc.title Expanded Pharmacokinetic model for population studies in Breast MRI en
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Proceedings
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.corporatename Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
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