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A DCE-MRI imaging-based model for simulation of vascular tumour growth

  • Thais Roque
  • , Veerle Kersemans
  • , Sean Smart
  • , Danny Allen
  • , Julia A. Schnabel
  • , Michael Chappell
  • University of Oxford
  • King's College London

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Abstract

Imaging-based modelling of tumour growth can serve as a powerful tool to understand and predict tumour evolution and its response to therapy. The purpose of this study was to introduce, calibrate and evaluate a multi-scale model of vascular tumour growth. The model allows for proliferation, death and spatial spread of tumour cells as well as for new vessel creation. Both the calibration and the evaluation of the tumour growth model were performed using pre-clinical longitudinal time series of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of colon carcinoma. Tumour specific model parameters, extracted from the images at two subsequent time points, were included into the model to predict the spatio-temporal evolution of the tumour at a third point in time. Simulation results for three pre-clinical cases demonstrated the model's ability to simulate the cellular as well as the 2D evolution of the tumour.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages5949-5952
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781457702204
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Oct 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016 - Orlando, United States
Duration: 16 Aug 201620 Aug 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
Volume2016-October
ISSN (Print)1557-170X

Conference

Conference38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period16/08/1620/08/16

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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