Intracranial venous system: Gadolinium-enhanced three-dimensional MR venography with auto-triggered elliptic centric-ordered sequence - Initial experience

Radiology

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 203-209

  Farb, Richard I ^a   Scott, James N ^a   Willinsky, Robert A ^a   Montanera, Walter J ^a   Wright, Graham A ^b   TerBrugge, Karel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood vessels, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), vascular studies; Magnetic resonance (MR),technology

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS VENOSUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037260635     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2261020670     Document Type: Article

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