Regularization of flow streamlines in multislice phase-contrast MR imaging

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 699-709

  Fatouraee, Nasser ^a   Amini, Amir A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood velocity; CFD; Flow streamlines; Incompressibility; Phase contrast MRI

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW PATTERNS; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

BLOOD VELOCITY; FLOW STREAMLINES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0042172882     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2003.814786     Document Type: Article

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