Surface coil phased arrays for high-resolution imaging of the carotid arteries

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-112

  Hayes, Cecil E ^a   Mathis, C Mark ^a   Yuan, Chun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid bifurcation; MR imaging; MR phased array

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029681012     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880060121     Document Type: Article

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