Pulmonary MR angiography with ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide particles as a blood pool agent and a navigator echo for respiratory gating: Pilot study

Radiology

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 865-869

  Ahlström, K Håkan ^a   Johansson, Lars O ^a   Rodenburg, Johanne B ^b   Ragnarsson, A Sgrimur ^c   Åkeson, Per ^d   Börseth, Arve ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d NYCOMED IMAGING AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Embolism, pulmonary; Iron; Lung, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), contrast enhancement; Magnetic resonance (MR), maximum intensity projection; Magnetic resonance (MR), technology; Magnetic resonance (MR), vascular studies

Indexed keywords

ULTRASMALL SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032968308     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.211.3.r99jn10865     Document Type: Article

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