Improved 2D time-of-flight angiography using a radial-line k-space acquisition

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 285-291

  Nielsen, Hatsumi T C ^a   Olcott, Eric W ^b   Nishimura, Dwight G ^a  

^a Stanford University ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

flow imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; radial lines; time of flight angiography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

2D PROJECTIONS; FLOW IMAGING; POTENTIAL REDUCTION; RADIAL LINE; SCAN TIME; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; TIME OF FLIGHT; VASCULATURE;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 0031013495     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910370224     Document Type: Article

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