Guest Editor
Karl-Olof Lövblad
Geneva University Hospitals, Neurodiagnostic and Neurointerventional Service, Geneva, Switzerland
Summary
This edition focuses on clinical applications of arterial spin-labeling (ASL). ASL has been available for a number of years, with little initial fanfare despite its potential to map cerebral blood flow without the need for a contrast agent. Recently, however, ASL has been the subject of resurgent enthusiasm, spurred in part by technological advancements such as clinical 3T scanners and faster imaging techniques that overcame early limitations preventing the acquisition of more than a single section. Since its re-emergence, ASL has been used in the clinical assessment of epilepsy, dementia, stroke, and brain tumors, and has promise where perfusion techniques are required and contrast is not indicated or possible. Five authors discuss their research into various applications of ASL.
Featured Authors
Kristen W. Yeom
Arterial Spin-Labeled Perfusion of Pediatric Brain Tumors
Hydrocephalus Decreases Arterial Spin-Labeled Cerebral Perfusion
Whitney B. Pope
Toshinori Hirai
Tae Jin Yun
Clinical Utility of Arterial Spin-Labeling as a Confirmatory Test for Suspected Brain Death
