Comparison of echo-planar sequences for perfusion-weighted MRI: Which is best?

Neuroradiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 216-221

  Heiland, S ^a   Kreibich, W ^b   Reith, W ^a   Benner, T ^a   Dorfler A ^a   Forsting, M ^a   Sartor, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b IDS SCHEER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal studies; Cerebral ischaemia; Echo planar imaging; Perfusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; PENTETIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; GADOLINIUM DTPA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031726639     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050570     Document Type: Article

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