Neuro MR: principles

TPL Roberts, D Mikulis - … Imaging: An Official Journal of the …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The principles of contrast mechanisms and fast pulse sequences underlying neurological
and neuroradiological application of MRI are introduced in this part of a two‐part review. In …

Cerebral blood perfusion changes in multiple sclerosis

J Wuerfel, F Paul, F Zipp - Journal of the neurological sciences, 2007 - Elsevier
The proximity of immune cell aggregations to the vasculature is a hallmark of multiple
sclerosis. Furthermore, it is widely accepted that inflammation is able to modulate the …

Perfusional deficit and the dynamics of cerebral edemas in experimental traumatic brain injury using perfusion and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging

A Pasco, L Lemaire, F Franconi, Y Lefur… - Journal of …, 2007 - liebertpub.com
The aim of this work was to characterize edema dynamics, cerebral blood volume, and flow
alterations in an experimental model of brain trauma using quantitative diffusion and …

Analysis of dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI time series based on unsupervised clustering methods

A Meyer-Baese, O Lange, A Wismüller… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We compare five different unsupervised clustering techniques as tools for the analysis of
dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI time series. The study included four subjects: two …

Assessment of vasculature of meningiomas and the effects of embolization with intra-arterial MR perfusion imaging: a feasibility study

AJ Martin, S Cha, RT Higashida… - American journal …, 2007 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Embolization of meningiomas has emerged as a
preoperative adjuvant therapy that has proved effective in mitigating blood loss during …

Contrast-enhanced perfusion and diffusion MRI accurately lateralize temporal lobe epilepsy: a pilot study

TJ O'Brien, EP David, CJ Kilpatrick, P Desmond… - Journal of Clinical …, 2007 - Elsevier
AIMS: To undertake a pilot study to assess whether magnetic resonance (MR) contrast-
enhanced perfusion imaging (CEPI) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) provide …

A New Magnetic Resonance Imaging Method for Mapping the Cerebral Blood Volume Fraction: The Rapid Steady-State T1 Method

AT Perles-Barbacaru… - Journal of Cerebral Blood …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper describes a new rapid steady-state T 1 (RSS T 1) method for mapping the
cerebral blood volume fraction (CBVf) by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The principle …

Precision, signal‐to‐noise ratio, and dose optimization of magnitude and phase arterial input functions in dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI

MS Kotys, E Akbudak, J Markham… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To determine optimal conditions for precise measurement of arterial input function
(AIFs) in dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) perfusion MRI. Materials and Methods …

Correcting saturation effects of the arterial input function in dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced MRI—a Monte Carlo simulation

P Brunecker, A Villringer, J Schultze, CH Nolte… - Magnetic resonance …, 2007 - Elsevier
To prevent systematic errors in quantitative brain perfusion studies using dynamic
susceptibility contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DSC-MRI), a reliable …

Correlations between MR and endothelial hyperplasia in low‐grade gliomas

V Callot, D Galanaud… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate the capacity of multimodal MR to detect endothelial hyperplasia
(EH), which has been linked to the aggressiveness of gliomas and which is so far only …