Abstract #4654

Thoracic DCE-MRI for Estimating Pharmacokinetic Parameters using Diffusible Tracer

Jae-Hun Kim¹, Yoo Na Kim¹, In Young Song¹, Chin A. Yi¹

¹Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Tumor angiogenesis is one of the most important biomarkers of cancer. It can be visualized with dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging (DCE-MRI) with pharmacokinetic parameters using diffusible tracer. The purpose is to demonstrate how to estimate pharmacokinetic parameters from DCE-MRI, and demonstrate usefulness of pharmacokinetic parameters for thoracic DCE-MR.