On the identifiability of pharmacokinetic parameters in dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging

Richard G P Lopata1, Walter H Backes, Paul P J van den Bosch

  • 1Clinical Physics Laboratory, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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