Impact of ECG gating in contrast-enhanced MR angiography for the assessment of the pulmonary veins and the left atrium anatomy

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Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 180-184

  Katoh, Marcus ^a   Bucker A ^a   Muhlenbruch G ^a   Schauerte, P ^a   Gunther R W ^a   Spuentrup, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Cardiac; MR angiography

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VEIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ARTIFACTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PULMONARY VEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 32544453027     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858983     Document Type: Article

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