Abstract #3926

Comparison of Automatic Localized & Manual Global AIF Perfusion Imaging from DSC MRI by Vascular Territories

Adam Martin Winchell^1,2, Ralf B. Loeffler³, Ruitian Song³, Himanshu Bhat⁴, Michael Hamm⁴, Alberto Broniscer⁵, Claudia M. Hillenbrand³

¹Radiological Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis , TN, United States; ²Biomedical Engineering, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, United States; ³Radiological Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, United States; ⁴Siemens Healthcare, Charlestown, MA, United States; ⁵Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, United States

The aim of our study was to compare two DSC methods, a manual global and an automatic local AIF approach, and examine their calculated regional perfusion differences as a function of vascular territory.