Pulmonary circulation: Contrast-enhanced 3.0-T MR angiography-initial results

Radiology

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 858-868

  Nael, Kambiz ^a   Michaely, Henrik J ^a   Kramer, Ulrich ^a   Lee, Margaret H ^a   Goldin, Jonathan ^a   Laub, Gerhard ^a,b   Finn, J Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMED CONSENT; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG PERFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY CIRCULATION;

EID: 33747626514     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2403051076     Document Type: Article

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