Early time points perfusion imaging: Theoretical analysis of correction factors for relative cerebral blood flow estimation given local arterial input function

NeuroImage

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 182-189

  Kwong, Kenneth K ^a   Chesler, David A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Correction factors; Dynamic susceptibility contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging; Early time points (ET) perfusion imaging method; Gamma variate function model; Incomplete gamma function; Local arterial input function (local AIF)

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; PERFUSION IMAGING;

EID: 79956220078     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.03.060     Document Type: Article

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