Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 26, Issue 10 , Pages 1352-1359 , December 2008

Quantification of cerebral perfusion using the “bookend technique”: an evaluation in CNS tumors

  • Timothy J. Carroll

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
    • Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Northwestern University, Department of Radiology, 676 N. St. Clair, Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Tel.: +312 926 1733; fax: +312 695 4108.
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  • Sandra Horowitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Wanyong Shin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Jessy Mouannes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Rahul Sawlani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Saad Ali

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Jeffrey Raizer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Stephen Futterer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA

Received 13 August 2007 ,Revised 7 April 2008 ,Accepted 22 April 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2008.04.010

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 26, Issue 10 , Pages 1352-1359 , December 2008

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