Measuring the arterial input function with gradient echo sequences

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1067-1076

  Van Osch, Matthias J P ^a,b   Vonken, Evert jan P A ^a   Viergever, Max A ^a   Van der Grond, Jeroen ^a   Bakker, Chris J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arterial input function; Cerebral perfusion; Contrast agent; Dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI (DSC MRI)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;

ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION; CEREBRAL PERFUSION; CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT; CONTRAST AGENT; DYNAMIC SUSCEPTIBILITY CONTRAST MRIS; GRADIENT ECHO SEQUENCES; PARTIAL VOLUME CORRECTION; REPLICATE MEASUREMENTS;

CALIBRATION;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOLUS INJECTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYNAMIC SUSCEPTIBILITY CONTRAST NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0038778598     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10461     Document Type: Article

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