Detection and characterization of intracardiac thrombi on MR imaging

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1539-1544

  Barkhausen, Jörg ^a   Hunold, Peter ^a   Eggebrecht, Holger ^a   Schüler, Walter O ^b   Sabin, Georg V ^b   Erbel, Raimund ^a   Debatin, Jörg F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b ELISABETH KRANKENHAUS ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0036892477     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.179.6.1791539     Document Type: Article

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