Comparison of Spiral and FLASH Phase Velocity Mapping, with and Without Breath-Holding, for the Assessment of Left and Right Coronary Artery Blood Flow Velocity

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-49

  Keegan, Jennifer ^a   Gatehouse, Peter D ^a   Mohiaddin, Raad H ^a   Yang, Guang Zhong ^b   Firmin, David N ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breath hold; Coronary; FLASH; Flow; Navigator; Spiral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BREATH HOLDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIASTOLE; FAST LOW ANGLE SHOT PHASE VELOCITY MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPIRAL PHASE VELOCITY MAPPING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0346334550     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10434     Document Type: Article

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