Improved contrast agent bolus tracking using T1 FARM

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 429-435

  McKenzie, C A ^a,b,c   Pereira, R S ^b,c   Prato, F S ^a,b,c   Chen, Z ^c   Drost, D J ^a,b,c  

^a ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gd DTPA; Magnetic resonance; Myocardial perfusion; T1 mapping

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAPPING;

BLOOD CONCENTRATIONS; FAST ACQUISITION; GD-DTPA; IMPROVED CONTRASTS; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION; SIGNAL SATURATION; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS; TRACKING TECHNIQUES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0032998509     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199903)41:3<429::AID-MRM1>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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