Time-resolved 3D quantitative flow MRI of the major intracranial vessels: Initial experience and comparative evaluation at 1.5T and 3.0T in combination with parallel imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-140

  Bammer, Roland ^a   Hope, Thomas A ^a   Aksoy, Murat ^a   Alley, Marcus T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Parallel imaging; Phase contrast MRI; Quantitative flow; Stroke; Tracking

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE DISCHARGES;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PARALLEL IMAGING; PHASE CONTRAST MRI; QUANTITATIVE FLOW; STROKE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

3D PHASE CONTRAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALLEL IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 33846158142     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21109     Document Type: Article

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