3 Tesla MR imaging provides improved contrast in first-pass myocardial perfusion imaging over a range of gadolinium doses

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 559-564

  Araoz, Philip A ^a   Glockner, James F ^a   McGee, Kiaran P ^a   Potter Jr , Dean ^a   Valeti, V Uma ^a   Stanley, David W ^b   Christian, Timothy F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Tesla; Contrast; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FIRST PASS EFFECT; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 20044382244     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JCMR-200060622     Document Type: Article

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