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Arterial spin labeling (ASL) perfusion: techniques and clinical use.

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The principles of ASL perfusion, the types of labeling and the ways to obtain the mapping are presented, and the quality criteria for the mapping obtained are specified, while emphasizing the artifacts.
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Arterial spin labeling (ASL) perfusion is a MRI technique to quantify tissue blood flow. ASL is a non-invasive technique that labels the protons in the arterial blood by radiofrequency pulses, without the exogenous injection of contrast media. This article has three goals: 1) present the principles of ASL perfusion, the types of labeling and the ways to obtain the mapping; 2) specify and the quality criteria for the mapping obtained, while emphasizing the artifacts; and 3) describe the main encephalic and renal applications.

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Magnetic resonance imaging of perfusion using spin inversion of arterial water.

TL;DR: Perfusion images of a freeze-injured rat brain have been obtained, demonstrating the technique's ability to detect regional abnormalities in perfusion.
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A general kinetic model for quantitative perfusion imaging with arterial spin labeling

TL;DR: A general kinetic model for the ASL signal is described that can be used to assess systematic errors in arterial spin labeling techniques and provided a good description of pulsed ASL data during a simple sensorimotor activation task.
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Quantification of relative cerebral blood flow change by flow-sensitive alternating inversion recovery (FAIR) technique: application to functional mapping.

TL;DR: The FAIR technique has been successfully applied to functional brain mapping studies in humans during finger opposition movements and is capable of generating microvascular‐based functional maps.
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Quantitative imaging of perfusion using a single subtraction (QUIPSS and QUIPSS II)

TL;DR: Two modifications of pulsed ASL (QUIPSS and QUIPSS II) are introduced that avoid this problem by applying additional saturation pulses to control the time duration of the tagged bolus, rendering the technique relatively insensitive to transit delays and improving the quantitation of perfusion.
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Qualitative mapping of cerebral blood flow and functional localization with echo-planar MR imaging and signal targeting with alternating radio frequency.

TL;DR: The EPISTAR technique is a rapid, noninvasive means for creating qualitative maps of cerebral blood flow and changes in the motor strip, primary visual cortex, and the motor area for eye movements were well localized to the cortical gray matter ribbon.
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