CEREBRAL BLOOD-FLOW MEASUREMENTS BY MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING BOLUS TRACKING - COMPARISON WITH [O-15]H2O POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY IN HUMANS

Authors
OSTERGAARD L JOHANNSEN P HOSTPOULSEN P VESTERGAARDPOULSEN P ASBOE H GEE AD HANSEN SB COLD GE GJEDDE A GYLDENSTED C
Citation
L. Ostergaard et al., CEREBRAL BLOOD-FLOW MEASUREMENTS BY MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING BOLUS TRACKING - COMPARISON WITH [O-15]H2O POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY IN HUMANS, Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism, 18(9), 1998, pp. 935-940
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Endocrynology & Metabolism",Hematology
Journal title
Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism → ACNP
ISSN journal
0271678X
Volume
18
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
935 - 940
Database
ISI
SICI code
0271-678X(1998)18:9<935:CBMBMB>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
In six young, healthy volunteers, a novel method to determine cerebral blood flow (CBF) using magnetic resonance (MR) bolus tracking was com pared with [O-15]H2O positron emission tomography (PET). The method yi elded parametric CBF images with tissue contrast in good agreement wit h parametric PET CBF images. Introducing a common conversion factor, M R CBF values could be converted into absolute flow rates, allowing com parison of CBF values among normal subjects.