Small vessels in the human brain: MR venography with deoxyhemoglobin as an intrinsic contrast agent

Radiology

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 272-277

  Reichenbach, Jürgen R ^a,c   Venkatesan, Ramesh ^a,b   Schillinger, Douglas J ^a   Kido, Daniel K ^a   Haacke, E Mark ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain, anatomy; Brain, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), time of flight; Magnetic resonance (MR), vascular studies

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN VEIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030981629     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.204.1.9205259     Document Type: Article

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