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Repeatability and Reproducibility of Pseudocontinuous Arterial Spin-Labeling–Measured Brain Perfusion in Healthy Volunteers and Patients with Glioblastoma

Limin Zhou, Durga Udayakumar, Yiming Wang, Marco C. Pinho, Benjamin C. Wagner, Michael Youssef, Joseph A. Maldjian and Ananth J. Madhuranthakam
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8551
Limin Zhou
aFrom the Department of Radiology (L.Z., D.U., YW., M.C.P., B.C.W. J.A.M. A.J.M.), Utah Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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Durga Udayakumar
aFrom the Department of Radiology (L.Z., D.U., YW., M.C.P., B.C.W. J.A.M. A.J.M.), Utah Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
bAdvanced Imaging Research Center (D.U., M.C.P., J.A.M., A.J.M.), Utah Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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Yiming Wang
aFrom the Department of Radiology (L.Z., D.U., YW., M.C.P., B.C.W. J.A.M. A.J.M.), Utah Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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Marco C. Pinho
aFrom the Department of Radiology (L.Z., D.U., YW., M.C.P., B.C.W. J.A.M. A.J.M.), Utah Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
bAdvanced Imaging Research Center (D.U., M.C.P., J.A.M., A.J.M.), Utah Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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Benjamin C. Wagner
aFrom the Department of Radiology (L.Z., D.U., YW., M.C.P., B.C.W. J.A.M. A.J.M.), Utah Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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Michael Youssef
cDepartments of Neurology (M.Y.), UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
dDepartment of Hematology and Oncology (M.Y.), Utah Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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Joseph A. Maldjian
aFrom the Department of Radiology (L.Z., D.U., YW., M.C.P., B.C.W. J.A.M. A.J.M.), Utah Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
bAdvanced Imaging Research Center (D.U., M.C.P., J.A.M., A.J.M.), Utah Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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Ananth J. Madhuranthakam
aFrom the Department of Radiology (L.Z., D.U., YW., M.C.P., B.C.W. J.A.M. A.J.M.), Utah Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
bAdvanced Imaging Research Center (D.U., M.C.P., J.A.M., A.J.M.), Utah Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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Limin Zhou, Durga Udayakumar, Yiming Wang, Marco C. Pinho, Benjamin C. Wagner, Michael Youssef, Joseph A. Maldjian, Ananth J. Madhuranthakam
Repeatability and Reproducibility of Pseudocontinuous Arterial Spin-Labeling–Measured Brain Perfusion in Healthy Volunteers and Patients with Glioblastoma
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