Measurement of arterial input functions for dynamic susceptibility contrast magnetic resonance imaging using echoplanar images: Comparison of physical simulations with in vivo results

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 514-523

  Duhamel, Guillaume ^a   Schlaug, Gottfried ^a   Alsop, David C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Brain; Dynamic susceptibility contrast; Input function; Mean transit time

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BRAIN; DYNAMICS; HEMODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;

ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION; BLOOD FLOW; DYNAMIC SUSCEPTIBILITY CONTRAST; DYNAMIC SUSCEPTIBILITY CONTRAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; INPUT FUNCTIONS; MEAN TRANSIT TIME; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; PHYSICAL SIMULATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; STROKE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 33644798882     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20802     Document Type: Article

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