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Chau Vu¹, Yaqiong Chai^1,2, Julie Coloigner^2,3

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

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|August 9, 2020

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A new deoxygenation-based dynamic susceptibility contrast (dDSC) method uses transient hypoxia to create a paramagnetic contrast agent for brain perfusion imaging, offering a potential alternative to gadolinium contrast agents.

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Keywords:

arterial spin labeling deoxyhemoglobin contrast dynamic susceptibility contrast phase contrast transient hypoxia

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