Yasuhiro Fujiwara1, Hirohiko Kimura2,
Tsuyoshi Matsuda3, Tomokazu Ishida1, Kyouji Higashimura1
1Radiological Center, University of
Fukui Hospital, Fukui, Japan; 2Radiology, University of Fukui,
Fukui, Japan; 3GE Healthcare Japan, Tokyo, Japan
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purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of the number of post
labeling delay times and averages to reproduce and minimize acquisition time
for precise rCBF quantification. As result of this study, When performing
pCASL at post label delay of 0.5, 1.0, 1.5s, reproducible perfusion images
were obtained with sufficient SNR in the condition of 12 averages. Using 3
time points protocol, scanning time can be minimized as short as 5 minutes.