Measurement of caval blood flow with MRI during respiratory maneuvers: Implications for vascular contrast opacification on pulmonary CT angiographic studies

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 839-842

  Kuzo, Ronald S ^a   Pooley, Robert A ^a   Crook, Julia E ^a   Heckman, Michael G ^a   Gerber, Thomas C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary imaging; Contrast media; CT angiography; MRI

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENAE CAVAE;

EID: 33847238770     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.5035     Document Type: Article

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