Sensitivity calibration with a uniform magnetization image to improve arterial spin labeling perfusion quantification

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1590-1600

  Dai, Weiying ^a   Robson, Philip M ^a   Shankaranarayanan, Ajit ^b   Alsop, David C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

arterial spin labeling; coil sensitivity; partition coefficient; perfusion imaging; water density

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CALIBRATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIZATION; TISSUE;

ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; COIL SENSITIVITY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PERFUSION IMAGING; WATER DENSITY;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ADULT; ARTERY PERFUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN TISSUE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPIN LABELING;

EID: 81255214981     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22954     Document Type: Article

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