MR flow measurements for assessment of the pulmonary, systemic and bronchosystemic circulation: Impact of different ECG gating methods and breathing schema

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 124-129

  Ley, Sebastian ^a,b   Ley Zaporozhan, Julia ^b,c   Kreitner, Karl Friedrich ^c   Iliyushenko, Svitlana ^b   Puderbach, Michael ^b   Hosch, Waldemar ^d   Wenz, Heiner ^e   Schenk, Jens Peter ^a   Kauczor, Hans Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e Thoraxklinik ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchosystemic shunt; ECG gating; MRI; Phase contrast flow; Prospective; Retrospective

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CARDIOLOGY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BRONCHOSYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; BRONCHOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; FREE-RETROSPECTIVE; MR FLOW MEASUREMENTS; QUANTITATIVE FLOW PARAMETERS;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BREATHING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG CIRCULATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RHEOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845982562     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.08.026     Document Type: Article

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