Evaluation of a dedicated dual phased-array surface coil using a black-blood FSE sequence for high resolution MRI of the carotid vessel wall

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 344-351

  Ouhlous, Mohamed ^a   Lethimonnier, Franck ^b   Dippel, Diederik W J ^a   Van Sambeek, Marc R H M ^a   Van Heerebeek, Lambertus C J ^a   Pattynama, Peter M T ^a   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GE Medical Systems   (France)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Black blood fast spin echo; Carotid artery; Magnetic resonance imaging; Phased array coil

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAROTID ARTERY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION;

EID: 0036186908     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10067     Document Type: Article

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