Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast (DSC) MRI¶
Widgets -> DSC-MRI
The DSC-MRI package provides a Bayesian modelling tool for quantification of perfusion and other haemodynamic parameters from Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast perfusion MRI of the brain.
Tutorials¶
- Tutorial coming soon
Publications¶
The following publications are useful citations for the DSC processing widget:
- Bayesian inference method: Chappell MA, Groves AR, Whitcher B, Woolrich MW. Variational Bayesian inference for a non-linear forward model. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 57(1):223-236, 2009.
- Arterial signal correction: Chappell, M.A., Mehndiratta, A., Calamante F., “Correcting for large vessel contamination in DSC perfusion MRI by extension to a physiological model of the vasculature”, e-print ahead of publication. doi: 10.1002/mrm.25390
- DSC vascular model: Mouridsen K, Friston K, Hjort N, Gyldensted L, Østergaard L, Kiebel S. Bayesian estimation of cerebral perfusion using a physiological model of microvasculature. NeuroImage 2006;33:570–579. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.06.015.
- CPI model: Mehndiratta A, MacIntosh BJ, Crane DE, Payne SJ, Chappell MA. A control point interpolation method for the non-parametric quantification of cerebral haemodynamics from dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI. NeuroImage 2013;64:560–570. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.08.083.