Monte Carlo simulation of water diffusion through cardiac tissue models.
Cardiac tissue
Microstructure
Monte Carlo simulation
Water diffusion
Journal
Medical engineering & physics
ISSN: 1873-4030
Titre abrégé: Med Eng Phys
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9422753
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2023
10 2023
Historique:
received:
22
10
2022
revised:
13
05
2023
accepted:
22
06
2023
medline:
23
10
2023
pubmed:
7
9
2023
entrez:
6
9
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Monte Carlo diffusion simulations are commonly used to establish a reliable ground truth of tissue microstructure, including for the validation of diffusion-weighted MRI. However, selecting simulation parameters is challenging and affects validity and reproducibility. We conducted experiments to investigate critical conditions in Monte Carlo simulations, such as tissue representation complexity, simulated molecules, update duration, and compartment size. Results show significant changes in microstructure characteristics when parameters are altered, emphasizing the importance of careful control for a reliable ground truth.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37673779
pii: S1350-4533(23)00068-1
doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2023.104013
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Water
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
104013Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 IPEM. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no conflict of interest.