Improved Estimation of Cerebral Artery Branch Territories Using Cluster-Based Segmentation of Vessel-Encoded Pseudocontinuous ASL Data

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according accounting achieved acquisition acquisitions addition alone application approved arteries artery artifact assigned benefit biomedical bottom branch branches central cerebral channel circle classification cluster clustering clusters coil color colorization colorized combination combining complex compromised computed concordance concordant contained continuous coordinates corresponds created delay describe dimensional distinct distribution encoded encoding enhance enhanced estimation excitations existing expectation expected extending extent field five fraction generated geographic greater grossly half head healthy identification improved improvements included indicated indicating inflowing interleaves labeling larger length location made magnet manifest mapping maps maximization measured midpoint misclassification mixture model modifications normalized often overlap pairs patient perfusion permits plot populate positions post presence processed projection protocol pseudo psychiatry pulse quality radiology reasonable reduced reduces reliability repeated representative reproducibility resemble resolution respectively scatter segmentation shot similarity simple simultaneous space spatial speckling spiral step straightforward strategies subjects suggest supplemented tagging tags territories territory traditionally train vascular vessel view volunteers