Contrast-enhanced coronary artery imaging using 3D TrueFISP

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 570-577

  Deshpande, Vibhas S ^a   Li, Debiao ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced imaging; Coronary arteries; Fast imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); MR angiography; Steady state free precession (SSFP)

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; HEART; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION;

CONTRAST-ENHANCED IMAGING; CORONARY ARTERIES; FAST IMAGING; MR ANGIOGRAPHY; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSIONS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0042839674     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10554     Document Type: Article

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