Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast MRI: Technical Considerations and Practical Issues Fernando Calamante, PhD ▪ Introduction and Historical Background Dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) MRI is an imaging technique that can be used…
Brain MR Perfusion Imaging: Cerebral Ischemia Chia-Shang Jason Liu, MD, PhD Mircea Cristian Dobre, MD, MS ▪ Background Stroke is a major health care issue in the United States, affecting…
CT and MR Contrast-Enhanced Tissue Perfusion Imaging: Basic Methodology, Postprocessing, Reliability Testing Kohsuke Kudo, MD ▪ Introduction Tissue perfusion can be measured using several methods, such as positron emission tomography…
Extracellular Contrast Media in Perfusion Imaging Stacul Fulvio, MD Henrik S. Thomsen, MD ▪ Introduction In all aspects of radiology (ultrasound, conventional radiography, computed tomography [CT] scanning, and magnetic resonance…
Coronary Fractional Flow Reserve Based on Computed Tomography Javaid Iqbal, MRCP, PhD Patrick W. Serruys, MD, PhD ▪ Introduction Coronary angiography is the standard imaging modality for diagnosis and management…
New Dose Reduction Strategies in CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Ting-Yim Lee, PhD Aaron So, PhD Esmaeil Enjilela, PhD Jiang Hsieh, PhD ▪ Introduction With the advent of fast scanning capability…
CT Perfusion Imaging Principles Farhood Saremi, MD Erin Angel, PhD ▪ Introduction In 1980, Leon Axel1 introduced a method for assessing regional cerebral blood flow (CBF) using dynamic contrast-enhanced CT…
Vascular Anatomy and Microanatomy Farhood Saremi, MD Cameron Hassani, MD Ameera Ismail, MD ▪ Introduction Normal function of every organ in the body depends on the integrity of macro- and…
10.1055/b-0034-75801 14 Localized Bone DiseaseBurgener\, Francis A. Most skeletal lesions are initially evaluated by conventional radiography, which has an intermediate sensitivity but a high specificity. Computed tomography (CT) has a…
