Improved coverage in dynamic contrast-enhanced cardiac MRI using interleaved gradient-echo epi

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 514-519

  Ding, Shujun ^a,c   Wolff, Steven D ^a   Epstein, Frederick H ^b  

^a National Institutes of Health   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; First pass; Myocardlum; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED; DYNAMIC CONTRAST-ENHANCED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FIRST-PASS; MYOCARDLUM; PERFUSION; PERFUSION ANALYSIS;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0031899389     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910390403     Document Type: Article

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