Bayesian analysis of a one-compartment kinetic model used in medical imaging

Peter Malave and Arkadiusz Sitek

Journal of Applied Statistics, 2015, vol. 42, issue 1, 98-113

Abstract: Kinetic models are used extensively in science, engineering, and medicine. Mathematically, they are a set of coupled differential equations including a source function, otherwise known as an input function. We investigate whether parametric modeling of a noisy input function offers any benefit over the non-parametric input function in estimating kinetic parameters. Our analysis includes four formulations of Bayesian posteriors of model parameters where noise is taken into account in the likelihood functions. Posteriors are determined numerically with a Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation. We compare point estimates derived from the posteriors to a weighted non-linear least squares estimate. Results imply that parametric modeling of the input function does not improve the accuracy of model parameters, even with perfect knowledge of the functional form. Posteriors are validated using an unconventional utilization of the χ-super-2-test. We demonstrate that if the noise in the input function is not taken into account, the resulting posteriors are incorrect.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2014.934666

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