Voxel sensitivity function description of flow-induced signal loss in MR imaging: Implications for black-blood MR angiography with turbo spin-echo sequences

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 575-590

  Jara, H ^a,c   Yu, B C ^a   Caruthers, S D ^b   Melhem, E R ^a   Yucel, E K ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c BAYSTATE HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Black blood MRA; Turbo spin echo; Voxel sensitivity function

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; FLOW VELOCITY; LAMINAR FLOW; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPIN POLARIZATION;

3-D FOURIER TRANSFORMS; BLACK-BLOOD MRA; IMAGE INTENSITIES; SENSITIVITY FUNCTIONS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIZATION; TURBO SPIN ECHOS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

BLOOD;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; COMPUTER MODEL; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINAR FLOW; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POPLITEAL VEIN; RADIUS; SPIN LABELING;

EID: 0033035836     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199903)41:3<575::AID-MRM22>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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