Optimization of background suppression for arterial spin labeling perfusion imaging

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-133

  Maleki, Nasim ^a,b   Dai, Weiying ^b   Alsop, David C ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; Background suppression; Magnetic resonance imaging; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTERY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPIN LABELING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTERIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION IMAGING; SPIN LABELS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84862641330     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-011-0286-3     Document Type: Article

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