Mapping of cerebral perfusion territories using territorial arterial spin labeling: Techniques and clinical application

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 901-912

  Hartkamp, Nolan S ^a   Petersen, Esben T ^a   De Vis, Jill B ^a   Bokkers, Reinoud P H ^a   Hendrikse, Jeroen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; Cerebral perfusion territories; Selective ASL; Territorial ASL

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CEREBRAL PERFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL APPLICATION; HEALTHY POPULATION; SELECTIVE ASL; TERRITORIAL ASL;

BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL PERFUSION; REVASCULARIZATION; SPIN LABELING; VASCULARIZATION;

STENO;

ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; CEREBRAL PERFUSION TERRITORIES; SELECTIVE ASL; TERRITORIAL ASL;

BASILAR ARTERY; BODY WATER; BRAIN MAPPING; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; SPIN LABELS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 84880941374     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.2836     Document Type: Article

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