Jingyi Xie1, Andy
Segerdahl1,2, Irene Tracey1,3, Peter Jezzard1
1Nuffield Dept
of Clinical Neurosciences (FMRIB Centre), University of Oxford, Oxford,
United Kingdom; 2Nuffield Dept of Clinical Neurosciences
(Anaesthetics), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; 3Nuffield
Dept of Clinical Neurosciences (Anaesthetics), University of Oxford, ,
Oxford, United Kingdom
In this study we implemented a novel whole brain ASL method that is capable of detecting functional neuronal activity whilst simultaneously obtaining absolute quantification of key physiological parameters such as cerebral blood flow (CBF) and arterial arrival time (Δt). This is the first demonstration of such an ASL approach within a pain imaging context.