Exploring in vivo blood flow dynamics: The role of quantitative magnetic resonance velocity imaging

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 64-72

  Yang, Guang Zhong ^a,b,c,d  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Intl Soc Magnetic Reson in Med ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

MAGNETIC RESPONSE PHASE VELOCITY MAPPING; NONINVASIVE FLOW QUANTIFICATION;

HEMODYNAMICS;

HYDROGEN;

BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL; CIRCULATION; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; VELOCITY;

AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0032078358     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.677171     Document Type: Review

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