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SUBMITTER: Shou H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6335034 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shou Haochang H Shinohara Russell T RT Liu Han H Reich Daniel S DS Crainiceanu Ciprian M CM
Journal of computational and graphical statistics : a joint publication of American Statistical Association, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Interface Foundation of North America 20160510 2
This work is motivated by a study of a population of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients using dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) to identify active brain lesions. At each visit, a contrast agent is administered intravenously to a subject and a series of images are acquired to reveal the location and activity of MS lesions within the brain. Our goal is to identify the enhancing lesion locations at the subject level and lesion enhancement patterns at the population level. ...[more]