Functional imaging with MR T1 contrast: A feasibility study with blood-pool contrast agent

European Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 898-903

  Majos, Agata ^a   Bogorodzki, Piotr ^b   Piatkowska Janko, Ewa ^b   Wolak, Tomasz ^c   Kurjata, Robert ^b   Stefańczyk, Ludomir ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF HEARING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Blood oxygen level dependent effect; CBV; Contrast media; Functional MRI

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOFOSVESET; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; CHELATING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BLOOD POOL SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; AGED; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CHELATING AGENTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 62649166868     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-008-1210-8     Document Type: Article

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