Reliability of two-dimensional and three-dimensional pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling perfusion MRI in elderly populations: Comparison with 15o-water positron emission tomography

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 931-939

  Kilroy, Emily ^a   Apostolova, Liana ^a,b   Liu, Collin ^a,c   Yan, Lirong ^a   Ringman, John ^a,b   Wang, Danny J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease (AD); arterial spin labeling (ASL); cerebral blood flow (CBF); echo planner imaging (EPI); gradient and spin echo (GRASE); magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); perfusion; positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN 15; WATER;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDO CONTINUOUS ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; REGIONAL PERFUSION; SAMPLE SIZE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL GRADIENT AND SPIN ECHO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TWO DIMENSIONAL GRADIENT ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE (AD); ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING (ASL); CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW (CBF); ECHO PLANNER IMAGING (EPI); GRADIENT AND SPIN ECHO (GRASE); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI); PERFUSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET);

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIN LABELS; WATER;

EID: 84897022496     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24246     Document Type: Article

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