Optimization of three-dimensional time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography of the intracranial arteries

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 523-528

  Harada, Kuniaki ^a   Honmou, Osamu ^a   Odawara, Yoshihiro ^a   Bando, Michio ^a   Houkin, Kiyohiro ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance angiography; Stroke; Time of flight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947109982     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.46.523     Document Type: Article

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