Abstract #3286

Cerebral Perfusion in Patients with Major Depression - A Pseudo Continuous Arterial Spin Labelling MRI Study

Hanna Jrnum¹, Elena G. Steffensen², Linda Knutsson³, Ernst Torben Frnd^1,4, Carsten Wiberg Simonsen¹, Ib Scheel Thomsen⁵, Ajit Shankaranarayanan⁶, David C. Alsop⁷, Finn Taagehj Jensen¹, Povl Munk Jrgensen⁵, E-M. Larsson¹

¹Department of Radiology, Aalborg Hospital/rhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark; ²Department of Radiology, Aalborg Hospital/rhus University Hospital, Aalborg , Denmark; ³Deaprtment of Medical Radiation Physics,, Lund University Hospital, Sweden; ⁴GE Healthcare - Applied Science Laboratory Europe; ⁵Aalborg Psychiatric Hospital/rhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark; ⁶GE Healthcare, USA; ⁷Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, USA

Purpose: To evaluate cerebral perfusion in patients with major depression.