Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Coronary Arteries and Heart Valves in a Living Mouse: Techniques and Preliminary Results

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 290-296

  Ruff, Jan ^a   Wiesmann, Frank ^a   Lanz, Titus ^a   Haase, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac valves; Coronary angiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mice; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HEART VALVES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 0034293153     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.2000.2147     Document Type: Article

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