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Introduction and Acknowledgements

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Extension: SlicerProstate
Acknowledgments: This work supported in part the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute through the following grants:

  • Quantitative MRI of prostate cancer as a biomarker and guide for treatment, Quantitative Imaging Network (U01 CA151261, PI Fennessy)
  • Enabling technologies for MRI-guided prostate interventions (R01 CA111288, PI Tempany)
  • The National Center for Image-Guided Therapy (P41 EB015898, PI Tempany)
  • Quantitative Image Informatics for Cancer Research (QIICR) (U24 CA180918, PIs Kikinis and Fedorov).

Authors: Andrey Fedorov (SPL), Alireza Mehrtash (SPL)
Contact: Andrey Fedorov, <email>fedorov@bwh.harvard.edu</email>

License: Slicer License


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Quantitative Image Informatics for Cancer Research  
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Module Description

The purpose of this module is to provide estimation of DWI quantitative parameters using commonly diffusion models. Input data should be a trace DWI image correctly identified as a multivolume by b-value by the Slicer DICOMBrowser. The module currently supports mono-exponential, bi-exponential and kurtosis DW models, see [1] for further details on the models.

Modeling results can be explored (interactive curve plotting of the input and fitted data) using MultiVolumeExplorer module.

Development of this module was motivated by the application in DWI of prostate cancer. Testing was done on the DWI MRI data collected on a 3T GE Discovery 750w platform (trace images from DWI obtained with 3 orthogonal diffusion directions) at Brigham and Women's hospital. The module was used to obtain results presented in [2].

Use Cases

  • tissue characterization from DWI MRI
  • quantitative image analysis
  • treatment response assessment

Tutorials

None at this time ... stay tuned!

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References

[1] Toivonen J, Merisaari H, Pesola M, Taimen P, Boström PJ, Pahikkala T, et al. Mathematical models for diffusion-weighted imaging of prostate cancer using b values up to 2000 s/mm2: Correlation with Gleason score and repeatability of region of interest analysis. Magn Reson Med. 2014; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mrm.25482/abstract

[2] Kobus T., Fedorov A., Tempany C.M., Mulkern R.V., Dunne R., Maier S.E. Bi-exponential Diffusion Analysis in Normal Prostate and Prostate Cancer: Transition Zone and Peripheral Zone Considerations. Proc. of ISMRM 2015. http://www.spl.harvard.edu/abstracts/item/view/168


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