Triple contrast technique for black blood imaging with double inversion preparation

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1379-1387

  Kim, Seong Eun ^a   Kholmovski, Eugene G ^a   Jeong, Eun Kee ^a   Buswell, Henry R ^a   Tsuruda, Jay S ^a   Parker, Dennis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetization preparation; Misregistration; Multiple contrast imaging; Time efficiency

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIZATION;

CAROTID ARTERY; CONTRAST IMAGING; GLOBAL INVERSION; MISREGISTRATION; REGION OF INTEREST; SLICE INTERLEAVING; TIME EFFICIENCIES; TISSUE COMPONENTS;

IMAGE ACQUISITION;

PROTON;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD; CALCULATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; TRIPLE CONTRAST TECHNIQUE;

EID: 10044268779     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20296     Document Type: Article

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