Brain Perfusion Imaging with SPECT and PET Heidi Wassef, MD ▪ Introduction Changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF) often precede anatomic changes. Therefore, evaluation of brain perfusion allows earlier diagnosis…
Perfusion MR Imaging in Cognitive and Developmental Brain Disorders and Neuropsychiatry Kay Jann, PhD Danny J. J. Wang, PhD, MSCE, John A. Detre, MD ▪ Introduction to Perfusion Imaging Using…
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…
