Improved estimation of velocity and flow rate using regularized three- point phase-contrast velocimetry

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 122-128

  Herment, A ^a   Mousseaux, E ^a   Jolivet, O ^a,b   DeCesare, A ^a   Frouin, F ^a   Todd Pokropek, A ^a,c   Bittoun, J ^b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b In vivo Molecular Imaging Laboratory   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic flow; Magnetic resonance imaging; Phase contrast; Regularization; Velocimetry

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); IMAGE CODING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL ENCODING; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AORTIC FLOW; INSTANTANEOUS FLOW; PHASE CONTRAST METHOD; PHASE CONTRASTS; PHASE UNWRAPPING ALGORITHM; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGE; REFERENCE VELOCITY; REGULARIZATION;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VELOCITY;

EID: 0033948296     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2594(200007)44:1<122::AID-MRM18>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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