Slice profile optimization in arterial spin labeling using presaturation and optimized RF pulses

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1229-1240

  Holm, David Alberg ^a,b   Sidaros, Karam ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; Perfusion measurement; Presaturation; Static tissue subtraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SPIN LABELING; TISSUE; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERFUSION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33750332078     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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