Convergent flow phenomenon mimics the appearance of venous thrombosis in gradient-echo images with or without the presence of a contrast agent

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 863-867

  Cheng, H C ^a   Chu, Woei Chyn ^b   Chai, J W ^b,c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complex flow; Convergent flow; Image artifact; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spin dephasing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY VEIN; LEG EDEMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ARTIFACTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; RENAL VEINS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

THROMBUS;

EID: 0030884516     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(97)00025-8     Document Type: Article

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