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Abstract #2348

Correcting for bolus delay and dispersion in the AIF using a constrained local AIF (LAIF) model

Chong Duan 1 , Jesper F Kallehauge 2 , Carlos J Perez-Torres 3 , Kari Tanderup 4,5 , Larry Bretthorst 3 , Joseph JH Ackerman 1,3 , and Joel R Garbow 3

1 Chemistry, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 2 Medical Physics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, 3 Radiology, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 4 Radiation Oncology, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 5 Oncology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Many DCE-MRI data models employ a directly determined upstream arterial input function (AIF). The actual AIF at the capillary inlet of any given region of interest is both delayed and dispersed compared with the upstream AIF measured in a major feeding vessel. We build a constrained local AIF (cLAIF) model to better model DCE-MRI data, accounting for both delay and dispersion. Voxel-wise model selection analyses show the cLAIF is preferred over the upstream measured AIF for ~80% of the voxels.

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