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  • Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) imaging offers quantitative biomarkers for tissue characterization, particularly in oncology.
  • The bi-exponential IVIM model's parameter estimation is prone to ill-posedness, leading to poor reproducibility, especially at low signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the uncertainty and parameter collinearity in IVIM model fitting.
  • To introduce a novel, robust metric (R-index) to enhance the clinical applicability of IVIM analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Evaluated probability distributions of IVIM parameters across clinical ranges.
  • Assessed parameter collinearity and proposed the R-index, a linear combination of IVIM parameters.
  • Validated the R-index robustness using simulations, volunteer, and patient studies.

Main Results:

  • Simulations at SNR=20 showed the R-index had a lower standard deviation (0.064) compared to individual parameters (0.107-0.269).
  • Repeat scans in a healthy volunteer and multi-day scans in brain tumor patients confirmed parameter collinearity.
  • The R-index demonstrated lower standard deviation than expected for independent parameters across all studies.

Conclusions:

  • The R-index offers a robust metric for IVIM fitting, particularly under low SNR clinical conditions.
  • This metric enhances reproducibility and broadens the potential clinical applications of IVIM analysis in tumor characterization.