High-resolution, time-resolved MRA provides superior definition of lower-extremity arterial segments compared to 2D time-of-flight imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 362-370

  Thornton, F J ^a   Du, J ^b   Suleiman, S A ^a   Dieter, R ^a   Tefera, G ^a   Pillai, K R ^a   Korosec, F R ^a,b   Mistretta, C A ^b   Grist, T M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced; Ischemia; Lower extremity; Magnetic resonance angiography; Projection reconstruction; Time of flight; Time resolved

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST TONOISE RATIO; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG ARTERY; LEG ISCHEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NOISE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROJECTION RECONSTRUCTION HYPER TIME RESOLVED IMAGING OF CONTRAST KINETICS; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; TWO DIMENSIONAL TIME OF FLIGHT IMAGING; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33746884629     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20630     Document Type: Article

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