Assessment of flow in the right human coronary artery by magnetic resonance phase contrast velocity measurement: Effects of cardiac and respiratory motion

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 521-531

  Hofman, Mark B M ^a,b   Van Rossum, Albert C ^a   Sprenger, Michiel ^a   Westerhof, Nico ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery; flow quantification; MRI; volume flow

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; VELOCITY;

CARDIAC CONTRACTION; CORONARY ARTERIES; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; FLOW QUANTIFICATION; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; HUMAN CORONARY ARTERIES; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS; VOLUME FLOW;

HEART;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING MECHANICS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIASTOLE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0029878647     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910350411     Document Type: Article

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