Amplitude-modulated continuous arterial spin-labeling 3.0-T perfusion MR imaging with a single coil: Feasibility study

Radiology

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 218-228

  Wang, Jiongjiong ^a,b   Zhang, Yan ^a   Wolf, Ronald L ^a   Roc, Anne C ^a   Alsop, David C ^c   Detre, John A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPIN LABELING;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 15944405346     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2351031663     Document Type: Article

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