Applications of arterial spin labeled MRI in the brain

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1026-1037

  Detre, John A ^a,b,e   Rao, Hengyi ^a,b   Wang, Danny J J ^c   Chen, Yu Fen ^d   Wang, Ze ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Depts of Neurology and Radiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; Brain function; Cerebral blood flow; Clinical neuroscience; Cognitive neuroscience; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROSCIENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIN LABELING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ARTERIES; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 84859797200     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23581     Document Type: Review

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