Perfusion parameters derived from bolus-tracking perfusion imaging are immune to tracer recirculation

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 753-756

  Kosior, Jayme Cameron ^a,b,c   Frayne, Richard ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bolus tracking perfusion imaging; Cerebral blood flow; Cerebral blood volume; Dynamic susceptibility contrast; Gamma variate fitting; Recirculation

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CIRCULATION TIME; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; MEAN TRANSIT TIME; PARAMETER; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERFUSION IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77649206214     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22052     Document Type: Article

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