Arterial Spin Labeling Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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An application of functional MRI used to measure cerebral blood flow. ASL uses magnetically labeled water as the tracer.
Synonyms: ARTERIAL SPIN LABELING FUNCTIONAL MRI ASL fMRI Arterial Spin Labeling Magnetic Resonance Imaging ASL Arterial Spin Labeling MRI
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Subsets
NCIT_C66830, NCIT_C61410, NCIT_C118169, NCIT_C116977, NCIT_C85492
ALT DEFINITION
A noninvasive fMRI technique that uses arterial water as an endogenous tracer to measure cerebral blood flow by magnetically labeling the proton spins of the arterial water prior to reaching the imaged volume.