Theoretical limits of spatial resolution in elliptical-centric contrast- enhanced 3D-MRA

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1106-1116

  Fain, Sean B ^a   Riederer, Stephen J ^a   Bernstein, Matt A ^a   Huston III, John ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced MRA; Elliptical centric view order; MR angiography; Point spread function

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

CONTRAST-ENHANCED; ELLIPTICAL CENTRIC VIEW ORDER; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MR ANGIOGRAPHY; SUPERIOR RESOLUTION; THEORETICAL LIMITS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); VERTEBRAL ARTERIES;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOTERIDOL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; THEORY;

EID: 0032758576     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199912)42:6<1106::AID-MRM15>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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