3 T contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography for evaluation of the intracranial arteries: Comparison with time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography and multislice computed tomography angiography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 799-805

  Villablanca, J Pablo ^a   Nael, Kambiz ^a   Habibi, Reza ^a   Nael, Ali ^a   Laub, Gerhard ^b   Finn, J Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

CT angiography; High magnetic field or 3 T; Intracranial arteries; MR angiography; Parallel acquisition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME OF FLIGHT MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33749829648     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000242835.00032.f5     Document Type: Article

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