Experimental and theoretical studies of vessel contrast-to-noise ratio in intracranial time-of-flight MR angiography

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-108

  Du, Yiping P ^a   Parker, Dennis L ^a   Davis, Wayne L ^a,b   Cao, Guang ^a   Buswell, Henry R ^a   Goodrich, K Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloch equations; Contrast to noise ratio; Flow imaging; MR angiography; Multiple overlapping thin slab acquisition (MOTSA); Time of flight MRA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0029680115     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880060120     Document Type: Article

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