Evaluation of variable-angle uniform signal excitation, tilted optimized nonsaturating excitation, and flat radio-frequency pulses in free- breathing non-contrast-enhanced pulmonary MR angiography

Radiology

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 863-867

  Friedli, J Leanne ^a   Paschal, Cynthia B ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance (MR); Magnetic resonance (MR), maximum intensity projection; Magnetic resonance (MR), pulse sequences; Magnetic resonance (MR), rapid imaging; Magnetic resonance (MR), three dimensional; Pulmonary arteries, MR; Pulmonary veins, MR; vascular studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 0031056973     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.202.3.9051047     Document Type: Article

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