Clinical Perfusion MRI: Techniques and Applications

MR perfusion imaging is an area of major research interest and rapid clinical growth. Clinical Perfusion MRI:
Techniques and Applications provides a concise and comprehensive review of the principles and applications of the
field, covering dynamic susceptibility contrast, dynamic contrast enhancement, and arterial spin labeling imaging
techniques. Principles of blood-volume and oxygenation imaging are included. The clinical applications of perfusion
imaging in neurological disease and neuroscience are discussed - major topics including its use in imaging
cerebrovascular disease and brain tumors and other neurological and neurodegenerative disorders. Non-neurologic
applications are also covered with chapters on cardiac disease, breast cancer and other organ systems. Use of MR
perfusion imaging in pediatrics is also discussed. Throughout the book case reports are included illustrating
representative clinical examples. This book will be of interest to any clinician who uses MR perfusion imaging in their
clinical practice, as well as researchers in the field of MRI.