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¶
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.