MR angiography of the supra-aortic arteries using a dedicated head and neck coil: Image quality and assessment of stenoses

Neuroradiology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 763-771

  Fellner, C ^a,b   Strotzer, M ^a   Fraunhofer, S ^a   Held, P ^a   Spies, V ^a   Seitz, J ^a   Fellner, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arteries, supra aortic; Artery carotid; Magnetic resonance angiography; Pulse sequences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; ARTERY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030656492     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050502     Document Type: Article

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