Unlabelled: The dosimetry evaluation for the selective internal radiation therapy is currently performed assuming a uniform activity distribution, which is in contrast with literature findings. A 2D microscopic model of the perfused liver was developed to evaluate the effect of two different Y microspheres distributions: i) homogeneous partitioning with the microspheres equally distributed in the perfused liver, and ii) tumor-clustered partitioning where the microspheres distribution is inferred from the patient specific images.
Methods: Two subjects diagnosed with liver cancer were included in this study.
Objective: To validate the proton density fat fraction (PDFF) obtained by the MRQuantif software from 2D chemical shift encoded MR (CSE-MR) data in comparison with the histological steatosis data.
Methods: This study, pooling data from 3 prospective studies spread over time between January 2007 and July 2020, analyzed 445 patients who underwent 2D CSE-MR and liver biopsy. MR derived liver iron concentration (MR-LIC) and PDFF was calculated using the MRQuantif software.
Background And Purpose: The DKI-IVIM model that incorporates DKI (diffusional kurtosis imaging) into the IVIM (Intravoxel Incoherent Motion) concept was investigated to assess its utility for both enhanced diffusion characterization and perfusion measurements in ischemic stroke at 3 T.
Methods: Fifteen stroke patients (71 ± 11 years old) were enrolled and DKI-IVIM analysis was performed using 9 b-values from 0 to 1500 s/mm chosen with the Cramer-Rao-Lower-Bound optimization approach. Pseudo-diffusion coefficient D*, perfusion fraction f, blood flow-related parameter fD*, the diffusion coefficient D and an additional parameter, the kurtosis, K were determined in the ischemic lesion and controlateral normal tissue based on a region of interest approach.
Background: Quantification of dynamic and static parameters extracted from 3,4-dihydroxy-6-[F]-fluoro-L-phenylalanine (F-DOPA, FDOPA) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) plays a critical role for glioma assessment. The objective of the present study was to investigate the impact of point-spread function (PSF) reconstruction on these quantitative parameters.
Methods: Fourteen patients with untreated gliomas and investigated with FDOPA PET/CT were analyzed.
Objective: This initial study aimed to investigate the feasibility of simultaneously measuring perfusion and diffusion including kurtosis features in acute ischemic stroke with the combined intravoxel incoherent motion and non-Gaussian diffusional kurtosis imaging (DKI-IVIM).
Material And Methods: Five ischemic stroke patients underwent a 4-minute diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) protocol, using 8 b values chosen with the Cramer-Rao-Lower-Bound optimization approach, in addition to conventional DWI and arterial spin labeling sequences. Regions of interest in pathological and control regions were analyzed with DKI-IVIM, and parametric maps were reconstructed.