Perfusion magnetic resonance imaging: A comprehensive update on principles and techniques

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 554-577

  Jahng, Geon Ho ^a   Li, Ka Loh ^b   Ostergaard, Leif ^c   Calamante, Fernando ^d  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; Dynamic contrast enhanced; Dynamic susceptibility contrast; Perfusion; Perfusion MRI

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED MRI; DYNAMIC SUSCEPTIBILITY CONTRAST MRI; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; KINETICS; MICROVASCULATURE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPIN LABELING; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; TISSUE PERFUSION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; ARTERIAL SPIN-LABELING; ARTERY; CHEMISTRY; DYNAMIC CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DYNAMIC SUSCEPTIBILITY CONTRAST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

ARTERIAL SPIN-LABELING; DYNAMIC CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DYNAMIC SUSCEPTIBILITY CONTRAST; PERFUSION; PERFUSION MRI;

ARTERIES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPIN LABELS; STROKE;

EID: 84907198365     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2014.15.5.554     Document Type: Review

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