Automatic calculation of the arterial input function for cerebral perfusion imaging with MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 593-600

  Carroll, Timothy J ^a,c   Rowley, Howard A ^b   Haughton, Victor M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, infarction; Cerebral blood vessels, flow dynamics; Magnetic resonance (MR), contrast enhancement; Magnetic resonance (MR), diffusion study; Magnetic resonance, vascular studies

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037406889     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2272020092     Document Type: Article

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