Ultra-fast three-dimensional MR perfusion imaging of the entire brain in acute stroke assessment

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 250-259

  Flacke, S ^a   Urbach, H ^a   Folkers, P J M ^b   Keller, E ^a   Van Den Brink, J S ^b   Traber F ^a   Block, W ^a   Gieseke, J ^b   Schild, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; MRI, 3D; Perfusion; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STROKE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034007014     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2586(200003)11:3<250::AID-JMRI3>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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