Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 79-87 , January 2009

A Feasibility Study on Model-based Evaluation of Kidney Perfusion Measured by Means of FAIR Prepared True-FISP Arterial Spin Labeling (ASL) on a 3-T MR Scanner

Received 5 March 2008 ,Accepted 24 April 2008.

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1 This research project is supported by a grant from the Swiss Heart Foundation, Bern, Switzerland.

PII: S1076-6332(08)00295-X

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.04.024

Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 79-87 , January 2009

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