An attempt of pulmonary perfusion imaging utilizing ultrashort echo time turbo FLASH sequence with signal targeting and alternating radio-frequency (STAR)

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 160-163

  Hatabu, Hiroto ^a,b   Wielopolski, Piotr A ^a,b   Tadamura, Eiji ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung; MR; Pulmonary perfusion; STAR

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASES;

LUNG; PULMONARY PERFUSION; SIGNAL TARGETING AND ALTERNATING RADIOFREQUENCY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG PERFUSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PULMONARY CIRCULATION;

EID: 0032980788     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(98)00168-5     Document Type: Article

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