Magnetic resonance in medicine : official journal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
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To develop a quantitative DCE MRI technique enabling entire-abdomen coverage, free-breathing acquisition, 1-second temporal resolution, and T1 -based quantification of contrast agent concentration and kinetic modeling for the characterization of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). ⋯ The proposed Multitasking DCE is promising for the quantification of vascular properties of PDAC. Quantitative DCE parameters were repeatable in vivo and showed significant differences between normal pancreas and both tumor and nontumoral regions in patients with PDAC.