Diffusion-prepared segmented steady-state free precession: Application to 3D black-blood cardiovascular magnetic resonance of the thoracic aorta and carotid artery walls

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-42

  Koktzoglou, Ioannis ^a,b   Li, Debiao ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Blood Imaging; Carotid Arteries; Thoracic Aorta; Vessel Wall Imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA WALL; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; THORACIC AORTA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; CAROTID ARTERIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE;

EID: 33845904636     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10976640600843413     Document Type: Article

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