A neuroradiologist’s guide to arterial spin labeling MRI in clinical practice

Neuroradiology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1181-1202

  Grade, M ^a,b   Hernandez Tamames, J A ^c,f   Pizzini, F B ^a,d   Achten, E ^e   Golay, X ^a   Smits, M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; Brain tumour; Dementia; Perfusion; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DEMENTIA; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGIST; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; BLOOD VOLUME DETERMINATION; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN DISEASES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

SPIN LABEL;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; BLOOD VOLUME DETERMINATION; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 84947494081     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-015-1571-z     Document Type: Review

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