Clinical Utility of Arterial Spin Labeling Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Evaluation of the Brain
Cerebral blood flow (CBF) is essential for studying the brain in both normal and diseased states. Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is a functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that uses arterial water as an endogenous tracer to measure CBF, thus does not require an injection of exogenous t...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of medical physics 2023-10, Vol.48 (4), p.378-383 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Cerebral blood flow (CBF) is essential for studying the brain in both normal and diseased states. Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is a functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that uses arterial water as an endogenous tracer to measure CBF, thus does not require an injection of exogenous tracers and is noninvasive and can therefore be used to track changes in CBF.
This prospective, observational and descriptive study was done at the department of imaging, Maxcure Hospital, Hyderabad, for the duration of 18 months. All studies were performed on a 1.5T Philips Prodiva CX using a phased array coil.
A prospective observational and descriptive study was done among 100 patients to study the clinical utility of ASL. Out of 100 patients, 20 (20%) patients showed normal MRI findings. Rest 80 (80%) patients had abnormal MRI findings.
ASL provides additional and complementary information to that available from structural MRI in all categories of abnormalities. |
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ISSN: | 0971-6203 1998-3913 |
DOI: | 10.4103/jmp.jmp_64_23 |