title: Vascular disorders: insights from arterial spin labeling.
abstract: The introduction of high-field magnetic imaging (≥3 T) has made noninvasive arterial spin labeling (ASL) a realistic clinical option for perfusion assessment in vascular disorders. Combined with the advances provided by territorial imaging of individual intracerebral arteries and the measurement of vascular reactivity, ASL is a powerful tool for evaluating vascular diseases of the brain. This article evaluates its use in chronic cerebrovascular disease, stroke, moyamoya disease, and arteriovenous malformation, but ASL may also find applications in related diseases such as vascular dementia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Room E01.132, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands. J.Hendrikse@umcutrecht.nl
authors.forename: Jeroen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hendrikse
authors.forename: Esben Thade
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Golay
mesh_terms: D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology*; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000473:pathology*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D013113:Spin Labels; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D013113:Spin Labels