Quantitative precise measurements of the dynamic arterial blood concentration (AIF) are challenging in perfusion MRI. As solution an extracorporeal circulation approach for the AIF determination with two different vascular access ways is presented and cross validated with injection of radioactive contrast agent derivatives. Independent of the vascular access way, extracorporeal derived AIFs point towards a high quantitative precision, although dispersion must be considered. However, deconvolution methods based on single gamma variate functions end up in plausible AIFs. The use of novel rapid imaging techniques in connection with extracorporeal AIFs indicates high potential for precise quantitative dual PET/MRI Pharmacokinetic-Modeling in mice.
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