4D flow MRI for non-invasive measurement of blood flow in the brain: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: The brain's vasculature is essential for brain health and its dysfunction contributes to the onset and development of many dementias and neurological disorders. While numerous in vivo imaging techniques exist to investigate cerebral haemodynamics in humans, phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has emerged as a reliable, non-invasive method of quantifying blood flow within intracranial vessels. In recent years, an advanced form of this method, known as 4D flow, has been developed and utilised in patient studies, where its ability to capture complex blood flow dynamics within any major vessel across the acquired volume has proved effective in collecting large amounts of information in a single scan. While extremely promising as a method of examining the vascular system's role in b

SUBMITTER: Morgan AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8369999 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature