Toward comparability of coronary magnetic resonance angiography: Proposal for a standardized quantitative assessment

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2353-2357

  Dirksen, Martijn S ^a   Lamb, Hildo J ^a   van der Geest, Rob ^a   de Roos, Albert ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary vessel diseases; Image analysis; Image quality; MR

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; GADOMELITOL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STANDARDIZATION; SWINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MODELS, ANIMAL; PROBABILITY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0141841675     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-2007-4     Document Type: Article

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