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Quantitative effects of acquisition duration and temporal resolution on the measurement accuracy of prostate dynamic
Silvin Paul Knight1, Jacinta Elizabeth Browne2, James Frances Mary Meaney1
1School of Medicine, Trinity College University of Dublin / National Centre for Advanced Medical Imaging (CAMI), St James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland.
Objectives:
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the temporal resolution (T res) and acquisition duration (AD) on the measurement accuracy of contrast concentration-time curves (CTCs), and derived phenomenological and pharmacokinetic parameter values, in a dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI experiment using a novel phantom test device.
Materials And Methods:
'Ground truth' CTCs were established using a highly precise optical imaging system. These precisely known CTCs were produced in an anthropomorphic environment, which mimicked the male pelvic region, and presented to the MRI scanner for measurement. The T res was varied in the range [2-24.4 s] and the AD in the range [30-600 s], and the effects on the measurement accuracy were quantified.
Results:
For wash-in parameter measurements, large underestimation errors (up to 40%) were found using T res values ≥16.3 s; however, the measured wash-out rate did not vary greatly across all T res values tested. Errors in derived K trans and v e values were below 14 and 12% for acquisitions with {T res ≤ 8.1 s, AD ≥ 360 s} and {T res ≤ 16.3 s, AD ≥ 360 s}, respectively, but increased dramatically outside these ranges.
Conclusions:
Errors in measured wash-in, wash-out, K trans, and v e parameters were minimised using T res ≤ 8.1 s and AD ≥ 360 s, with large errors recorded outside of this range.