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Blood perfusion is an essential metabolic process responsible for the delivery of nutrients and removal of metabolic waste products. MR perfusion imaging is an important physiologic imaging technique that has been “around” since our residency years in the “last century”! Historically, perfusion imaging has been limited to academic centers and research trials. However, numerous technical innovations in MR hardware and software over the past 10 years have improved the quality of the MR perfusion data, r esulting in new clinical applications that can be used in daily practice.
Source: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Foreword Source Type: research