Three-dimensional coronary angiography of the perfused rat heart

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 316-320

  Roder, Fridtjof ^a   Hiller, Karl Heinz ^a   Henz, Peter ^a   Kienlin, Markus V ^a   Bauer, Wolfgang R ^b   Ertl, Georg ^c   Haase, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; MR angiography; Rat heart; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HYSTERESIS; ISOLATED HEART; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HEART; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PERFUSION; RATS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031400793     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880070211     Document Type: Article

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