Comprehensive MR angiography of the lower limbs: A hybrid dual-bolus approach including the pedal arteries

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2513-2524

  Schmitt, R ^a   Coblenz, G ^a   Cherevatyy, O ^a   Brunner, H ^a   Frohner S ^a   Wedell, E ^a   Karg, G ^b   Christopoulos, G ^a  

^a Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiography, comparative studies; Arteries, peripheral; Arteries, stenosis or obstructions; Arteriosclerosis; Magnetic resonance (MR), vascular studies

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG ARTERY; LEG BLOOD VESSEL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; ARTERIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 31544453081     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2852-4     Document Type: Article

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