Carotid artery bifurcation: Multiple-flip-angle, three-dimensional, time-of-flight MR angiographic technique

Radiology

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 555-559

  Faro, Scott H ^a   Mohamed, Feroze B ^a   Chen, Cheng Y ^b   Ortega, Hector V ^c   Vinitski, Simon ^c  

^a ALLEGHENY UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b Dept of Orthopaedics   (Taiwan)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood vessels, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), maximum intensity protection; Magnetic resonance (MR), time of flight; Magnetic resonance (MR), vascular studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY ANOMALY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031891668     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.206.2.9457212     Document Type: Article

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