Velocity-encoded, phase-difference cine MRI measurements of coronary artery flow: Dependence of flow accuracy on the number of cine frames

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 733-742

  Clarke, Geoffrey D ^a   Hundley, W Gregory ^a   McColl, Roderick W ^a   Eckels, Robin ^a   Smith, Dorothy ^a   Chaney, Curtis ^a   Li, Hong Fang ^a   Peshock, Ronald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breath hold MRI; Cine MRI; Coronary artery flow; Phase contrast MRI

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DOGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0030226419     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880060506     Document Type: Article

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