Feasibility of velocity selective arterial spin labeling in functional MRI

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 831-838

  Wu, Wen Chau ^a,c   Wong, Eric C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Velocity selective

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; TRACER;

ADULT; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN SLICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTERIOLES; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPIN LABELS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33947530708     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600386     Document Type: Article

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