Deutsch Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg
Arterial spin labeling measures relative cerebral blood flow noninvasively
Published in Medical Imaging Week, May 22nd, 2004
According to published research from Germany, "Knowledge of tumor blood flow is important for diagnosis and follow-up of brain tumors after therapy, especially to discriminate necrosis from tumor recurrence after radiation or chemotherapy."
"Meanwhile, perfusion and diffusion MRI, besides MR-angiography, are state of the art in stroke imaging. Until now, perfusion imaging was mostly performed using the first-pass dynamic susceptibility-weighted contrast-enhanced (DSC) MRI," wrote M.A....
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Source: Medical Imaging Week (2004-05-22)
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