Information about MR and CT Contrast Agents
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Normal Blood Flow Values in Organs
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Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Calibration between Sites and Comparability
Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Calibration between Sites and Comparability Gudrun Zahlmann Peter Gall Sandeep N. Gupta Thorsten Persigehl Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a method used…
Arterial Spin Labeling Calibration between Sites and Comparability
Arterial Spin Labeling Calibration between Sites and Comparability Thomas T. Liu Matthias J.P. van Osch Matthias Günther Xavier Golay Arterial spin labeling (ASL) has been in use for more than…
CT Perfusion Imaging: Calibration and Comparability
CT Perfusion Imaging: Calibration and Comparability Benjamin Zussman Kohsuke Kudo Adam Flanders Vicky Goh Pamela W. Schaefer Roland Bammer Max Wintermark Computed tomography perfusion (CTP) rapidly generates quantitative and qualitative…
Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging Calibration between Sites and Comparability
Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging Calibration between Sites and Comparability Jeffry R. Alger Matthias J.P. van Osch Thoralf Niendorf Pamela W. Schaefer Kohsuke Kudo Roland Bammer Importance of Between-Site…
Perfusion Confusion: What is Perfusion and what do we Measure?
Perfusion Confusion: What is Perfusion and what do we Measure? Richard B. Buxton A number of investigational tools are available for exploring the working healthy brain and for diagnosing diseases…
Blood Flow Quantitation with Arterial Spin Labeling
Blood Flow Quantitation with Arterial Spin Labeling Laura M. Parkes Hanzhang Lu Esben T. Petersen Theory Kinetic Modeling One of the advantages of arterial spin labeling (ASL) over other techniques…
Pharmacokinetic Models for Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pharmacokinetic Models for Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Steven Sourbron Ting-Yim Lee The aim of this chapter is to clarify the physiologic assumptions behind the most common…
The Effects of Contrast Agent Extravasation Perfusion Parameter Maps Derived from Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging
The Effects of Contrast Agent Extravasation Perfusion Parameter Maps Derived from Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging Kathleen M. Schmainda Eric S. Paulson Jerrold L. Boxerman Dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC)…
