Automated bolus chase peripheral MR angiography: Initial practical experiences and future directions of this work-in-progress

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 376-388

  Ho, Vincent B ^a,b   Choyke, Peter L ^a,b   Foo, Thomas K F ^c   Hood, Maureen N ^a,b   Miller, Donald L ^a,d,e   Czum, Julianna M ^a,b   Aisen, Alex M ^f  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography, contrast media; Angiography, technology; Arteries, extremities; Arteries, MR; Gadolinium; Magnetic resonance (MR), vascular studies

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM CHELATE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BOLUS INJECTION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0032876353     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2586(199909)10:3<376::AID-JMRI20>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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