Novel T2*-Weighted contrast preparation scheme for segmented k-space myocardial imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 776-780

  Redpath, Thomas W ^a   Semple, S I K ^a   Waiter, G D ^a   Frisch, L ^b   Norton, M Y ^a   Morris, D M ^a   Egred, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BOLD; Contrast preparation; Heart; Perfusion; Snapshot FLASH

Indexed keywords

BOLD; CONTRAST PREPARATION; IMAGE DATASETS; PERFUSION; SEGMENTED K-SPACE; SNAPSHOT FLASH;

HEART;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TECHNIQUE; BREATHING; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0037379932     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10419     Document Type: Article

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