High-spatial-resolution whole-body MR angiography with high-acceleration parallel acquisition and 32-channel 3.0-T unit: Initial experience

Radiology

Volumn 242, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 865-872

  Nael, Kambiz ^a   Fenchel, Michael ^a   Krishnam, Mayil ^a   Laub, Gerhard ^b   Paul Finn, J ^a   Ruehm, Stefan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 33847224851     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2423060135     Document Type: Article

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