3.0 T versus 1.5 T MR Angiography of the Head and Neck

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 321-341

  DeLano, Mark C ^a   DeMarco, J Kevin ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANEURYSM; ARTIFACT; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORPHOLOGY; NECK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PARALLEL DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STENOSIS; STROKE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ULTRASOUND;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETICS; NECK;

EID: 33646833776     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2006.03.002     Document Type: Review

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