Arterial input function in perfusion MRI: A comprehensive review

Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-32

  Calamante, Fernando ^a,b  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arterial input function; Cerebral blood flow; Contrast agent; Deconvolution; Dynamic susceptibility contrast; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DECONVOLUTION; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION; CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW; CONTRAST AGENT; DYNAMIC SUSCEPTIBILITY CONTRAST; PERFUSION;

BODY FLUIDS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CHEMISTRY; DECONVOLUTION; DYNAMIC SUSCEPTIBILITY CONTRAST; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION; CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW; CONTRAST AGENT; DECONVOLUTION; DYNAMIC SUSCEPTIBILITY CONTRAST; PERFUSION;

BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84891901379     PISSN: 00796565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2013.04.002     Document Type: Review

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