Improved pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling for mapping brain perfusion

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1419-1427

  Nezamzadeh, Marzieh ^a,b   Matson, Gerald B ^a,c   Young, Karl ^a,b   Weiner, Michael W ^a,b   Schuff, Norbert ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Arterial spin labeling; Brain; MR perfusion imaging; pCASL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; SPIN LABELING; VOLUNTEER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; PERFUSION; PROCEDURES;

SPIN LABELING;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 77952862995     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22199     Document Type: Article

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