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Abstract #3507

Effect on Time Duration on the Precision of Pharmacokinetic Parameters in DCEMRI

Kumar Rajamani1, Dattesh Shanbhag1, Rakesh Mullick1, Sandeep N. Gupta2

1Medical Image Analysis, GE Global Research, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; 2Biomedical Image Processing Laboratory, GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY, United States


We have demonstrated the precision of pharmacokinetic parameters and its effect due to duration of the time-intensity signal. Our results demonstrate that for the prostate case it is preferable to have scan duration of 5 minutes. Scan durations of more than 6 minutes do not generally contribute to any further improvement in the parameters.