Optimal mass transport kinetic modeling for head and neck DCE-MRI: Initial analysis Journal Article
| Authors: | Elkin, R.; Nadeem, S.; LoCastro, E.; Paudyal, R.; Hatzoglou, V.; Lee, N. Y.; Shukla-Dave, A.; Deasy, J. O.; Tannenbaum, A. |
| Article Title: | Optimal mass transport kinetic modeling for head and neck DCE-MRI: Initial analysis |
| Abstract: | Purpose: Current state-of-the-art models for estimating the pharmacokinetic parameters do not account for intervoxel movement of the contrast agent (CA). We introduce an optimal mass transport (OMT) formulation that naturally handles intervoxel CA movement and distinguishes between advective and diffusive flows. Method: Ten patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) were enrolled in the study between June 2014 and October 2015 and underwent DCE MRI imaging prior to beginning treatment. The CA tissue concentration information was taken as the input in the data-driven OMT model. The OMT approach was tested on HNSCC DCE data that provides quantitative information for forward flux ((Formula presented.)) and backward flux ((Formula presented.)). OMT-derived (Formula presented.) was compared with the volume transfer constant for CA, (Formula presented.), derived from the Extended Tofts Model (ETM). Results: The OMT-derived flows showed a consistent jump in the CA diffusive behavior across the images in accordance with the known CA dynamics. The mean forward flux was 0.0082 ± 0.0091 ((Formula presented.)) whereas the mean advective component was 0.0052 ± 0.0086 ((Formula presented.)) in the HNSCC patients. The diffusive percentages in forward and backward flux ranged from 8.67% to 18.76% and 12.76% to 30.36%, respectively. The OMT model accounts for intervoxel CA movement and results show that the forward flux ((Formula presented.)) is comparable with the ETM-derived (Formula presented.). Conclusions: This is a novel data-driven study based on optimal mass transport principles applied to patient DCE imaging to analyze CA flow in HNSCC. © 2019 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine |
| Keywords: | diffusion; optimal mass transport; advection; data-driven; dce pharmacokinetic modeling |
| Journal Title: | Magnetic Resonance in Medicine |
| Volume: | 82 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| ISSN: | 0740-3194 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons |
| Date Published: | 2019-12-01 |
| Start Page: | 2314 |
| End Page: | 2325 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1002/mrm.27897 |
| PUBMED: | 31273818 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC6716991 |
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| Notes: | Source: Scopus |
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