We propose to estimate perfusion parameters (perfusion $$$F$$$, permeability $$$K^{trans}$$$, vascular space volume $$$V_p$$$ and extravascular extracellular volume $$$V_e$$$) from contrast enhanced MRI using Quantitative Transport and Exchange network (QTEnet), a deep learning method that does not require an arterial input function. Training data were generated by solving the transport equation in simulated high-resolution vasculature and computing the corresponding 4D tracer propagation. A 3D U-net was trained to reconstruct perfusion parameters from the tracer propagation images. Tracer propagation simulated in experimentally obtained tumor vasculature was used for valiation, and the method was then applied to glioma DCE MRI data.
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