Robust Data Fitting for IVIM Imaging of Thoracic Lesions

Gaspar Delso¹, Sangwoo Lee², Miguel Porto¹, Patrick Veit-Haibach¹

Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) imaging can be used to quantify the influence of microscopic perfusion-related motion on diffusion-weighted images (DWI) and differentiate it from pure molecular diffusion. IVIM has the potential to provide valuable clinical information about the microcirculation in the capillary network of malignant body tumors. This information holds great value for the determination of tumor viability as well as the prediction of therapy outcome.