High resolution 3T MRI for the assessment of cervical and superficial cranial arteries in giant cell arteritis

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 423-427

  Markl, Michael ^a   Uhl, Markus ^a   Wieben, Oliver ^b   Neß, Thomas ^a   Langer, Mathias ^a   Hennig, Jürgen ^a   Bley, Thorsten A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Angiography; Aorta, neck; CE MRA; Cranial arteries; MRI; Neurovascular

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA FLOW; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HIGH RESOLUTION 3T MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

AGED; ARTIFACTS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS;

EID: 33746916752     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20639     Document Type: Article

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