Epoxy-resin injection of the cerebral arterial microvasculature: An evaluation of the limits of spatial resolution in 8 Tesla MRI

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 164-170

  Dashner, Roger A ^a   Clark, David L ^a   Kangarlu, Allahyar ^b   Baudendistel, Klaus T ^b   Chakeres, Donald W ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries; Blood vessels; Brain; High resolution; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESIN;

ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CADAVER; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; DISSECTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION; MICROVASCULATURE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOLES; CADAVER; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; EPOXY RESINS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 15944387041     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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