A quantitative study of ramped radio frequency, magnetization transfer, and slab thickness in three-dimensional time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography in a patient population

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 323-332

  Goodrich, K Craig ^a,c   Blatter, Duane D ^a   Parker, Dennis L ^b,c   Du, Yiping P ^b,c   Meyer, Karen J ^a   Bernstein, Matt A ^d  

^a LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

magnetic resonance angiography; Magnetization transfer; ramped radio frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0029943890     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199606000-00003     Document Type: Article

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