Depiction of intracranial vessels with MRA: Utility of magnetization transfer saturation and gadolinium

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 597-502

  Mathews, Vincent P ^a,b   Ulmer, John L ^a   White, Matthew L ^b   Hamilton, Craig A ^a   Reboussen, David M ^a   Elster, Allen D ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries, cerebral; Brain, blood flow; Gadolinium; Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA); Magnetization transfer

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; VISUALIZATION;

ARTERY, CEREBRAL; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN, BLOOD FLOW; COMBINED EFFECT; GADOLINIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; REGION-OF-INTEREST; REGIONS OF INTEREST;

GADOLINIUM;

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032773322     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199907000-00021     Document Type: Article

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