Evaluation of skeletal muscle microvascular perfusion of lower extremities by cardiovascular magnetic resonance arterial spin labeling, blood oxygenation level-dependent, and intravoxel incoherent motion techniques

Abstract

ASL, BOLD, and IVIM provide complementary information regarding tissue perfusion. Compared with ASL and IVIM, BOLD may be a more reliable technique for assessing PAD in the resting state and could thus be applied together with angiography in clinical studies as a tool to comprehensively assess microvascular and macrovascular properties in PAD patients.