Precision, signal-to-noise ratio, and dose optimization of magnitude and phase arterial input functions in dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 598-611

  Kotys, Melanie S ^a,c   Akbudak, Erbil ^a   Markham, Joanne ^a   Conturo, Thomas E ^a,b,c  

^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); Gadolinium; MRI; Perfusion; Phase; SNR simulations

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CALCULATION; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847633445     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20859     Document Type: Article

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