Noninvasive estimation of the arterial input function in positron emission tomography imaging of cerebral blood flow

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-121

  Su, Yi ^a   Arbelaez, Ana M ^b   Benzinger, Tammie L S ^a   Snyder, Abraham Z ^a   Vlassenko, Andrei G ^a   Mintun, Mark A ^c   Raichle, Marcus E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AVID RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

arterial input function; PET

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE DERIVED ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION METHOD; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84871924731     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2012.143     Document Type: Article

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