Step-down infusions of Gd-DTPA yield greater contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance images of BBB damage in acute stroke than bolus injections

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-318

  Nagaraja, Tavarekere N ^a   Nagesh, Vijaya ^b   Ewing, James R ^c   Whitton, Polly A ^c   Fenstermacher, Joseph D ^a   Knight, Robert A ^c  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial input functions; Cerebral ischemia; Magnetic resonance contrast agents; Middle cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BOLUS INJECTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INFUSION RATE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEP DOWN INFUSION; STROKE; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

RATTUS;

EID: 33947137247     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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