Visualization of quantitative breast DCE-MRI functional parametric maps by dedicated image processing

Author

Bracco, C. ; Martincich, L. ; Regge, D. ; Becchio, M. ; Persano, D. ; Bert, A. ; Rizzo, G.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Cancer Res. & Treatment, Turin

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

55

Lastpage

58

Abstract

DCE-MRI is a diagnostic method that can visualize neoangiogenic-induced vascular changes. Typically, the analysis of these data is time-consuming and the visualization of the quantitative information on tumor vasculature, derivable from DCE-MRI, is not easy and comfortable. In this study, we propose a method to accelerate computation and analysis of DCE-MRI data, while making easy to use the functional information obtained from model-based functional analysis.

Keywords

biomedical MRI; data visualisation; medical image processing; patient diagnosis; DCE-MRI map visualization; breast DCE-MRI functional parametric map; diagnostic method; dynamic contrast enhanced MRI; image processing; model based functional analysis; neoangiogenic induced vascular changes; tumor vasculature; Breast; Cancer; Data analysis; Data visualization; Functional analysis; Image processing; Information analysis; Lesions; Magnetic resonance imaging; Protocols; Breast Neoplasms; Contrast Media; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Female; Gadolinium DTPA; Humans; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Neoplasm Staging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352221

Filename

4352221