Three-dimensional MR angiography of a nitinol-based abdominal aortic stent graft: Assessment of heating and imaging characteristics

European Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1775-1780

  Hilfiker, P R ^a   Quick, H H ^a   Pfammatter, T ^a   Schmidt, M ^a   Debatin, J F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artifact; Grafts; Interventional procedure; MR imaging; Safety; Stents and prosthesis; Vascular studies

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; NITINOL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEATING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STENT;

AGED; ALLOYS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEATING; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STENTS;

EID: 0033251142     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050921     Document Type: Article

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