Swallowing, arterial pulsation, and breathing induce motion artifacts in carotid artery MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 413-415

  Boussel, Loic ^a,d   Herigault, Gwenael ^b   De La Vega, Alejandro ^a   Nonent, Michel ^a   Douek, Philippe Charles ^a   Serfaty, Jean Michel ^a,c  

^a University Hospital Center   (France)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c Bichat University   (France)

^d LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Atherosclerotic plaque; Carotid motion; Carotid stenosis; Magnetic resonance angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BREATHING; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SWALLOWING; SYSTOLE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; PULSATILE FLOW; RESPIRATION;

EID: 33644835722     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20525     Document Type: Article

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