Multistation whole-body high-spatial-resolution MR angiography using a 32-channel MR system

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 529-539

  Nael, Kambiz ^a   Ruehm, Stefan G ^a   Michaely, Henrik J ^b   Saleh, Roya ^a   Lee, Margaret ^a   Laub, Gerhard ^c   Finn, J Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial atherosclerotic disease; MR angiography; Multicoil technology; Parallel acquisition techniques; Peripheral vascular disease (PVD); Whole body MRA

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TECHNOLOGY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33846560204     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.2053     Document Type: Article

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