Mapping of vertebral artery perfusion territories using arterial spin labeling MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 762-766

  Kansagra, Akash P ^a   Wong, Eric C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; Cerebral blood flow; Magnetic resonance imaging; Vascular territory; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPIN LABELING; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERFUSION IMAGING; SPIN LABELS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51449105418     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21462     Document Type: Article

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