Junyu Guo1, Wilburn E. Reddick1
1Radiological Science, St Jude
Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, United States
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DCE-MRA method is presented to provide a new way of rendering DCE-MRI data,
which greatly simplifies the process for the large volume of DCE-MRI data and
enables qualitative and quantitative assessment of the treatment response.
The qualitative DCE-MRA method provides a simple and quick way for a
radiologist to make an overall assessment of tumor response to neoadjuvant
chemotherapy. This method makes it potentially possible for a radiologist to
identify a likely nonresponder. The quantitative measures were evaluated and
the shape of plot curves of the two patients was consistent with that from
direct observation of MIP images.