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Perfusion MRI

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Magnetic resonance imaging is notable for offering a broad array of both anatomic and functional image contrast types. Although the term “functional MRI” has become nearly synonymous with blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) contrast, there exist in fact many other mechanisms whereby functional or physiological signal variations may be observed using MRI. Of particular interest, and the topic of this chapter, is the rich set of methods available for imaging tissue perfusion and other aspects of vascular function in the brain.

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  1. Department of Physiology and Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Centre de recherche de l’institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada

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  2. Dept. Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown Un, Providence, 02912, Rhode Island, USA

    Lawrence H. Sweet

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Hoge, R. (2011). Perfusion MRI. In: Cohen, R., Sweet, L. (eds) Brain Imaging in Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Neuroscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6373-4_5

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