Academic Radiology
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages 738-743 , June 2006

Temporal Lobe Perfusion in the Deaf: MR Measurement with Pulsed Arterial Spin Labeling (FAIR)

  • Dean K. Shibata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Box 357115, 1959 NE Pacific, Seattle, WA 98195
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: D.K.S.
    • ,
  • Edmund Kwok

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14620.

Received 8 December 2005 ,Accepted 7 February 2006.

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PII: S1076-6332(06)00126-7

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.02.037

Academic Radiology
Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages 738-743 , June 2006

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