Test bolus examination in the carotid artery at dynamic gadolinium- enhanced MR angiography

Radiology

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 283-289

  Kim, Jae K ^a,b   Farb, Richard I ^b   Wright, Graham A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gadolinium; Magnetic resonance (MR), three dimensional; Magnetic resonance (MR), vascular studies

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TRANSPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031906175     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.206.1.9423685     Document Type: Article

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