Coronary MR Angiography: Comparison of Quantitative and Qualitative Data from Four Techniques

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 515-521

  Maintz, David ^a,b   Aepfelbacher, Franz C ^a   Kissinger, Kraig V ^a   Botnar, René M ^a,c   Danias, Peter G ^a   Heindel, Walter ^b   Manning, Warren J ^a   Stuber, Matthias ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 1642528008     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.2.1820515     Document Type: Article

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