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DCE-MRI: a review and applications in veterinary oncology.
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PMID:  22235857     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) is a functional imaging technique that assesses the physiology of tumour tissue by exploiting abnormal tumour microvasculature. Advances made through DCE-MRI include improvement in the diagnosis of cancer, optimization of treatment choices, assessment of treatment efficacy and non-invasive identification of prognostic information. DCE-MRI enables quantitative assessment of tissue vessel density, integrity, and permeability, and this information can be applied to study of angiogenesis, hypoxia and the evaluation of various biomarkers. Reproducibility of DCE-MRI results is important in determining the significance of observed changes in the parameters. As improvements are made towards the utility of DCE-MRI and interpreting biologic associations, the technique will be applied more frequently in the study of cancer in animals. Given the importance of tumour perfusion with respect to tumour oxygenation and drug delivery, the use of DCE-MRI is a convenient and powerful way to gain basic information about a tumour.
Authors:
M Keara Boss; N Muradyan; D E Thrall
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-12-8
Journal Detail:
Title:  Veterinary and comparative oncology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1476-5829     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-1-12     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101185242     Medline TA:  Vet Comp Oncol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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© 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular Biomedical Science, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, NC, USA.
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