Non-contrast-enhanced MR angiography using 3D ECG-synchronized half-fourier fast spin echo

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 776-783

  Miyazaki, Mitsue ^a   Sugiura, Satoshi ^a   Tateishi, Fumiaki ^b   Wada, Hirofumi ^c   Kassai, Yoshimori ^a   Abe, Hirohiko ^d  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Kumamoto Naika Hospital   (Japan)

^c SAISEIKAI KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Fukuoka Prefectural Hepato gastroenterological Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

ECG triggering: ECG prep scan; Fresh blood imaging (FBI); Non contrast enhanced MR angiography; Pulse sequence; T2 blurring

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; THEORY; THORAX; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; DIASTOLE; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLE; THORACIC ARTERIES; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0033755110     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2586(200011)12:5<776::AID-JMRI17>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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