Intravoxel incoherent motion MRI in the brain: Impact of the fitting model on perfusion fraction and lesion differentiability

To investigate the effect of the choice of the curve‐fitting model on the perfusion fraction (fIVIM) with regard to tissue type characterization, correlation with microvascular anatomy, and dynamic contrast‐enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE‐MRI) parameters. Several curve‐fitting models coexist in intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) MRI to derive the (fIVIM).

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