Multislice MR first-pass myocardial perfusion imaging: Impact of the receiver coil array

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 310-316

  Hoffmann, Martin H K ^a   Schmid, Florian T ^a   Jeltsch, Martin ^a   Wunderlich, Arthur ^a   Duerk, Jeffrey L ^b   Schmitz, Bernd ^a   Aschoff, Andrik J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Myocardial perfusion; Receiver coil array; Signal to noise ratio; SSFP

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; PENTETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTIFACTS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14044253531     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20264     Document Type: Article

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