Modeling and optimization of look-locker spin labeling for measuring perfusion and transit time changes in activation studies taking into account arterial blood volume

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 316-325

  Francis, S T ^a   Bowtell, R ^a   Gowland, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial blood volume; Arterial spin labeling (ASL); FAIR; Look Locker echo planar imaging; Perfusion; Stepwise compartmental model (SCM)

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING;

ARTERIAL BLOOD VOLUMES; ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; COMPARTMENTAL MODEL; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FAIR; PERFUSION;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPARTMENT MODEL; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFUSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPIN LABELING;

EID: 38949160408     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21442     Document Type: Article

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