Regularized Reconstruction of Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MR Images for Evaluation of Breast Lesions

Abstract

The overall goal of this project is to develop, implement, and evaluate methods for improving image quality in dynamic MR imaging. We focus specifically on dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) imaging of breast cancer patients. We explore reconstruction methods that use explicit temporal models in object space. Simulation and phantom studies have indicated that our algorithms produce quality reconstructed image sequences that exhibit favorable temporal resolution properties.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA542286

Entities

People

  • Kimberly A. Khalsa

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Algorithms
  • Biomedical Research
  • Breast Cancer
  • Computations
  • Contrast
  • Data Sets
  • Detection
  • Frequency
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Image Reconstruction
  • Imaging Techniques
  • Neoplasms
  • Sequences
  • Simulations
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Medical Imaging.

Technology Areas

  • Space