Improved artery delineation in dual-stack coronary magnetic resonance angiography using parallel imaging at 3 T

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 443-448

  Huber, Michael E ^a   Kozerke, Sebastian ^a   Boesiger, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3 T; Coronary MRA; Dual stack; Parallel imaging; Sensitivity encoding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 15944380010     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20277     Document Type: Article

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