Time-resolved 3-dimensional velocity mapping in the thoracic aorta: Visualization of 3-directional blood flow patterns in healthy volunteers and patients

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 459-468

  Markl, Michael ^a,c   Draney, Mary T ^b   Hope, Michael D ^a   Levin, Jonathan M ^a   Chan, Frandics P ^a   Alley, Marcus T ^a   Pelc, Norbert J ^a   Herfkens, Robert J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac flow measurements; Cardiac imaging; Image processing; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; FLOW PATTERNS; HEMODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAPPING; PATHOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VELOCITY;

3-DIMENSIONAL; BLOOD FLOW PATTERNS; CARDIAC FLOW MEASUREMENT; CARDIAC IMAGING; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; IMAGES PROCESSING; THORACIC AORTA; TIME-RESOLVED; VELOCITY MAPPING; VISUALIZATION TOOLS;

VISUALIZATION;

ADULT; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RELIABILITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACIC AORTA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; TIME RESOLVED THREE DIMENSIONAL PHASE CONTRAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 3343019140     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200407000-00005     Document Type: Article

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