Multisite trial of MR flow measurement: Phantom and protocol design

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 620-631

  Summers, Paul E ^a,d   Holdsworth, David W ^b,c   Nikolov, Hristo N ^b   Rutt, Brian K ^b,c   Drangova, Maria ^b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bloodflow velocity; Flow phantom; Flow quantification; Phase mapping; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; ALUMINUM; GLYCEROL; SILICONE; WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MELTING POINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; PUMP; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; WAVEFORM;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SILICONES;

EID: 17844366351     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20311     Document Type: Article

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