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Abstract #0450

Assessment of Intratumoral Heterogeneity of Vascularity in Renal Masses with Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) and Dynamic Contrast Enhanced (DCE) MRI at 3T

Yue Zhang 1 , Ananth Madhuranthakam 1,2 , Qing Yuan 1 , Ivan Dimitrov 2,3 , Yin Xi 1 , Naira Muradyan 4 , Vitaly Margulis 5 , James Brugarolas 6,7 , Payal Kapur 8 , and Ivan Pedrosa 1,2

1 Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States, 2 Advanced Imaging Research Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States, 3 Philips Medical Systems, Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 4 iCAD, Inc., Nashua, New Hampshire, United States, 5 Urology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States, 6 Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States, 7 Developmental Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States, 8 Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States

The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between in vivo assessments of vascular heterogeneity within renal masses measured by arterial spin labeling (ASL) MRI and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI techniques at 3T. Quantitative ASL and DCE parameters were obtained from the whole tumor, and from areas with high- and low- blood flow within the tumor. ASL measured blood flow in renal masses correlates with DCE-derived parameters of tumor vascularity. Both ASL and DCE MRI at 3T allow for detection of intra-tumoral vascular heterogeneity in renal masses, providing a tool for assessment and monitoring of angiogenesis in renal cancer.

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