An introduction to ASL labeling techniques

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Wong, Eric C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

arterial spin labeling; blood flow; continuous ASL; perfusion; pulsed ASL; velocity selective ASL

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; OXYGEN; SPIN LABELING;

ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; ARTERY PERFUSION; CONTINUOUS ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PULSED ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPIN LABELING; VELOCITY SELECTIVE ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; WATER TRANSPORT; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; OXIMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 84902376577     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24565     Document Type: Review

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