Abstract #4968

Venous Velocity Selective Inversion for improved selection of the venous blood pool for oxygen extraction fraction determination

Sophie Schmid¹, Suzanne Franklin^1,2, Merlijn van der Plas¹, and Matthias van Osch¹

¹Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Radiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

By combining pulsed ASL and Velocity Selective Inversion it is possible to selectively label the venous blood pool. This new method, dubbed venous velocity selective inversion (vVSI) could be used to measure the oxygen extraction fraction in the venous and arterial blood with a single scan.

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