Normal myocardial perfusion assessed with multishot echo-planar imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 140-147

  Schwitter, Jürg ^a,b   Debatin, Jörg F ^a   Von Schulthess, Gustav K ^a   McKinnon, Graeme C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

echo planar imaging; human; MR contrast media; myocardial perfusion

Indexed keywords

HEART; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIETHYLENETRIAMINE PENTA-ACETIC ACIDS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; GRADIENT ECHO IMAGING; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIUMS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

CONTRAST MEDIA;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0031034749     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910370120     Document Type: Article

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