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By comparing the distributions of measured DCE kinetic parameters in cervical cancer tissue by three MRI scanners in different clinical centers. It was demonstrated that (i) Each of the three scanners consistently showed similar findings on the characterization of cervical cancer microenvironment. (ii) The difference in MRI3 stemmed from keyhole imaging in the DCE protocol which could lead to underestimation of concentration of contrast media in viable tumor region. (iii) The close distribution between MRI1 and MRI2 indicated that consistent DCE quantitative metrics could be attained in scanners from different vendors if imaging protocol and data postprocessing could be standardized.
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