B1-Insensitive T2 preparation for improved coronary magnetic resonance angiography at 3 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 858-864

  Nezafat, Reza ^a,b   Stuber, Matthias ^a   Ouwerkerk, Ronald ^a   Gharib, Ahmed M ^b   Desai, Milind Y ^a,b   Pettigrew, Roderic I ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiabatic pulses, 3 T cardiac MR; Contrast enhancement; Coronary MR angiography; T2 prep

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIZATION;

ADIABATIC FAST PASSAGES; CARDIAC MR; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MR ANGIOGRAPHY; NON-UNIFORM MAGNETIZATIONS; STANDING WAVE EFFECTS; T2 PREP;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; STUDENT T TEST; ARTIFACT; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33645788294     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20835     Document Type: Article

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