Multi-echo segmented k-space imaging: An optimized hybrid sequence for ultrafast cardiac imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 375-385

  Reeder, Scott B ^a   Atalar, Ergin ^a   Faranesh, Anthony Z ^a   McVeigh, Elliot R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Echo planar imaging; Fast imaging; Gradient echo imaging; Magnetic resonance (MR); Perfusion; Stress testing

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SHIFT; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CARDIAC IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FAST IMAGING; GRADIENT ECHO IMAGING; PERFUSION; STRESS TESTING;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DOBUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0032965738     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199902)41:2<375::AID-MRM23>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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