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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