Pulsed Star Labeling of Arterial Regions (PULSAR): A robust regional perfusion technique for high field imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-21

  Golay, Xavier ^a   Petersen, Esben T ^a   Hui, Francis ^a  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

3.0 T; Arterial spin labeling; Magnetic field inhomogeneity insensitive technique; Regional perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING;

3.0 T; ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; LABELING TECHNIQUES; LOCAL MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD INHOMOGENEITIES; PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIO-FREQUENCY PULSE; WATER SUPPRESSION;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ARTICLE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RADIOFREQUENCY; REGIONAL PERFUSION;

EID: 12144281348     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20338     Document Type: Article

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