MR flow quantification using RACE: Clinical application to the carotid arteries

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 503-512

  Möller, Harald E ^a,b   Klocke, Hans Kristian ^b   Bongartz, Georg M ^b,c   Peters, Peter E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Inst für Klin Radiologie   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood, flow dynamics; Carotid arteries, flow dynamics; Carotid arteries, stenosis or obstruction; Phase imaging; Vascular studies; Velocity studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030138360     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880060314     Document Type: Article

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