Comparison of Arterial Spin-Labeling Techniques and Dynamic Susceptibility-Weighted Contrast-Enhanced MRI in Perfusion Imaging of Normal Brain Tissue

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 712-718

  Weber, Marc André ^a   Günther, Matthias ^a,b   Lichy, Matthias P ^a   Delorme, Stefan ^a   Bongers, André ^a   Thilmann, Christoph ^a   Essig, Marco ^a   Zuna, Ivan ^a   Schad, Lothar R ^a   Debus, Jürgen ^a   Schlemmer, Heinz Peter ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b Advanced MRI Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; Cerebral MR perfusion imaging; Dynamic susceptibility weighted contrast enhanced MRI

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; SPIN LABELING; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 10744225404     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000084890.57197.54     Document Type: Article

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