Special techniques for imaging blood flow to tumors.
In this review, the current imaging methods of assessing tumor perfusion are discussed and compared. Because most of the techniques depend on the administration of contrast agents, we first consider some general principles underlying the fate of contrast agents and their behavior inside the unique vascular environment of tumors.
Choyke
Peter L
PL
Department of Radiology, Warren Grant Magnusen Clinical Center, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1182, USA.
Knopp
Michael V
MV
Libutti
Steven K
SK
D000818:Animals; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000628:therapy; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
D003287:Contrast Media; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals