Initial Experiences with In Vivo Right Coronary Artery Human MR Vessel Wall Imaging at 3 Tesla

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 589-594

  Botnar, René M ^a,c   Stuber, Matthias ^a,c   Lamerichs, Rolf ^c   Smink, Jouke ^c   Fischer, Stefan E ^c   Harvey, Paul ^c   Manning, Warren J ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary artery; High field; Magnetic resonance; Vessel wall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DEVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THORAX;

ADULT; CORONARY VESSELS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0242583848     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JCMR-120025232     Document Type: Article

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