Magnetic resonance pulmonary angiography

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 157-175

  Wielopolski, Piotr A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiography; Contrast enhancement; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic resonance angiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pulmonary; Pulmonary embolism; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOFOSVESET; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM CHELATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BREATH HOLDING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; GATED IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THROMBUS;

EID: 0033061005     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-199905000-00006     Document Type: Review

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