Pseudo-random arterial modulation (PRAM): A novel arterial spin labeling approach to measure flow and blood transit times

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 223-228

  Taei Tehrani, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Van Osch, Matthias J P ^c   Brown, Truman R ^b,d  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

arterial spin labeling; blood flow; pseudo random modulation; transit time

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDO RANDOM ARTERIAL MODULATION; SPIN LABELING; TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERFUSION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 83755229554     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22844     Document Type: Article

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