Volumetric Interpolated Contrast-Enhanced MRA for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism in an Ex Vivo System

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 428-437

  Biederer, Jürgen ^a   Liess, Carsten ^a   Charalambous, Nikolas ^a   Heller, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chest phantom; Gradient echo sequences; Lung explants; MR angiography; Volumetric interpolation

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THORAX; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR PATENCY; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SWINE;

EID: 1842485843     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20021     Document Type: Article

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