Musculoskeletal Perfusion Imaging George R. Matcuk Jr, MD ▪ Introduction Musculoskeletal disorders contribute greatly to health care system costs because of their high prevalence and impact on disability, with arthritis…
Perfusion CT Imaging in Oncology Davide Prezzi, FRCR Vicky Goh, MD, FRCR ▪ Introduction Dynamic contrast-enhanced CT imaging techniques (perfusion CT) enable clinicians to evaluate the functional blood supply to…
Renal Perfusion Imaging with CT and PET Sandrine Lemoine, MD, PhD Laurent Juillard, MD, PhD ▪ Rationale Perfusion and renal blood flow (RBF) are key determinant of renal function, altered…
Liver Perfusion Imaging with CT Marco Rengo, MD, PhD Marco Maria Maceroni, MD, Andrea Laghi, MD ▪ Introduction Advances in therapeutic options for primitive or metastatic liver malignancies raised the…
Pulmonary Perfusion Imaging with MR Sebastian Ley, MD ▪ Introduction The main task of the lung is establishing a highly effective gas exchange. For this purpose, ventilation and perfusion of…
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: MR Techniques Eike Nagel, MD, PhD, FACC, FESC, MRCR Amedeo Chiribiri, MD, PhD Islam Z. Mahmoud, MD ▪ Key Points Cardiac MRI perfusion, also known as stress…
Clinical Applications of ASL Brain Perfusion Imaging Ervin L. Lowther, MD Christopher T. Whitlow, MD, PhD, Joseph A. Maldjian, MD ▪ Introduction Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is an established, noninvasive…
Brain CT Perfusion Imaging: Cerebral Ischemia Christopher D. d’Esterre, BMSc, PhD Mohammed Almekhlafi, MD Bijoy K. Menon, MD, Mayank Goyal, MD, FRCPC ▪ Introduction Stroke is caused by variable disturbances…
Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with PET, PET/CT, PET/MRI: Technical Advances and Future Applications Vikas Veeranna, MD Sharmila Dorbala, MD, MPH ▪ Introduction Radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) remains the mainstay for…
Pulmonary Perfusion Imaging with CT Sonja Sudarski, MD Thomas Henzler, MD ▪ Introduction Multiple approaches to assess pulmonary perfusion by means of CT have emerged over the past decades. In…