Arterial input functions for dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI: Requirements and signal options

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 697-703

  Conturo, Thomas E ^a,b,c   Akbudak, Erbil ^a   Kotys, Melanie S ^a,c   Chen, Maison L ^a   Chun, Steve J ^a   Hsu, Raymond M ^a   Sweeney, Caitlin C ^a   Markham, Joanne ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial input function (AIF); CBF; MRI; Perfusion; Phase; Validation

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM CHELATE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION; BLOOD LEVEL; BOLUS INJECTION; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC SUSCEPTIBILITY CONTRAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE LEVEL;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 28444438816     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20457     Document Type: Conference Paper

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