New breast cancer biomarkers from diffusion magnetic resonance imaging based on the Diffusion Tensor using multivariate curve resolution (MCR) models

[EN] Currently, magnetic resonance imaging is the most sensitive imaging technique for detecting cancerous processes in early stages. As for breast cancer, due to the tubular structure of the tissue, being formed by ducts, anisotropic diffusion should be considered instead of the general isotropic d...

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Autores: Ortiz-Abellan, C., Aguado-Sarrió, E., Camps-Herrero, J., Prats-Montalbán, José Manuel|||0000-0001-6294-4486, Ferrer, Alberto|||0000-0001-7244-5947
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/220057
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/220057
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Magnetic resonance imaging
Cancerous processes
Breast cancer
Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)
Multivariate Curve Resolution (MCR) models
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Sumario:[EN] Currently, magnetic resonance imaging is the most sensitive imaging technique for detecting cancerous processes in early stages. As for breast cancer, due to the tubular structure of the tissue, being formed by ducts, anisotropic diffusion should be considered instead of the general isotropic diffusion. Anisotropic diffusion is studied by applying a technique called Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI), where the diffusion gradient is applied by changing the magnetic field in several spatial directions. To date, the application of Multivariate Curve Resolution (MCR) models in diffusion sequences has demonstrated its ability to develop cancer biomarkers of easy clinical interpretation in the case of isotropic tissues, such as the prostate. But so far, it has never been applied in the case of anisotropic tissues, as the breast. Therefore, the main objective of this work is to obtain easy-to-interpret imaging biomarkers useful for early breast cancer diagnosis from diffusion magnetic resonance imaging based on the Diffusion Tensor using multivariate curve resolution (MCR) models. A classification model to identify healthy and tumor affected pixels is also proposed.