A vascular stent as an active component for locally enhanced magnetic resonance imaging: Initial in vivo imaging results after catheter-guided placement in rabbits

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 147-152

  Kivelitz, Dietmar ^a   Wagner, Susanne ^a   Schnorr, Jörg ^a   Wetzler, Rainer ^b   Busch, Martin ^b   Melzer, Andreas ^b   Taupitz, Matthias ^a   Hamm, Bernd ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Simag GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aorta; Magnetic resonance angiography; MR imaging; Stents

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IRON OXIDE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ACTIVE MAGNETIC RESONANCE STENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BALLOON CATHETER; BLOOD FLOW; CINEANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUOROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMPLANT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STENT; THERMOMETRY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; VASCULAR STENT;

EID: 0037372462     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-200303000-00002     Document Type: Article

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