Improved visualization of coronary arteries using a new three-dimensional submillimeter MR coronary angiography sequence with balanced gradients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 901-910

  Giorgi, Benedetta ^a   Dymarkowski, Steven ^a   Maes, Frederik ^a   Kouwenhoven, Marc ^a   Bogaert, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0036784124     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.179.4.1790901     Document Type: Article

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