Quantitative cerebral perfusion using dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI: Evaluation of reproducibility and age- and gender-dependence with fully automatic image postprocessing algorithm

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1232-1241

  Shin, Wanyong ^a   Horowitz, Sandra ^b   Ragin, Ann ^b   Chen, Yufen ^a   Walker, Matthew ^b   Carroll, Timothy J ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age dependence; Automatic image postprocessing algorithm; Dynamic susceptibility contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging; Gender dependence; Quantitative cerebral perfusion; Reproduc ibility

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;

AGE DEPENDENCE; CEREBRAL PERFUSION; DYNAMIC SUSCEPTIBILITY CONTRAST; GENDER DEPENDENCE; POSTPROCESSING ALGORITHMS; REPRODUC-IBILITY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 36849001788     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21420     Document Type: Article

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