MR angiography of the abdominal aorta and peripheral vessels

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-144

  Ho, Vincent B ^a   Corse, William R ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Doylestown Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTA DISEASE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0037282832     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8389(02)00062-3     Document Type: Review

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