Venous signal suppression in 3D dynamic Gd-enhanced carotid artery imaging using the eigenimage filter

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 307-313

  Kaandorp, Dave W ^a,b   Kopinga, Klaas ^b   Wijn, Pieter F F ^a,b  

^a ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Contrast enhanced; MRA; Venous signal suppression

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID BIFURCATION; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DYNAMIC SCAN; HIGH QUALITY; IMAGING PROTOCOL; SIGNAL SUPPRESSION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DYNAMICS;

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

GADOLINIUM; GADOTERIDOL;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FILTER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; VEIN;

EID: 0032867764     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-2594(199908)42:2<307::aid-mrm13>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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