Time-of-Flight MR Angiography: Comparison of 3.0-T Imaging and 1.5-T Imaging-Initial Experience

Radiology

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 913-920

  Willinek, Winfried A ^a   Born, Markus ^a   Simon, Birgit ^a   Tschampa, Henriette J ^a   Krautmacher, Carsten ^a   Gieseke, Jürgen ^b   Urbach, Horst ^a   Textor, Hans J ^a   Schild, Hans H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), vascular studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME OF FLIGHT MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0345015505     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2293020782     Document Type: Article

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