Henk-Jan Mutsaerts

Clinical applications of arterial spin labeling

The current era of personalized medicine demands new biomarkers to improve disease risk stratification. Arterial spin labeling, a non-invasive MRI perfusion modality, could been granted such an introduction. However promising, this technique currently lacks evidence for clinical applications. The aim of this research, is to obtain evidence for clinical use in various diseases, such as HIV associated or Alzheimer’s dementia, sickle cell disease and pediatric brain tumors.