Dynamic magnetic resonance nephrography: Is saturation recovery TrueFISP advantageous over saturation recovery TurboFLASH?

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 256-262

  Boss, Andreas ^a   Martirosian, Petros ^a   Schaefer, Juergen F ^a   Gehrmann, Michael ^a   Artunc, Ferruh ^a   Risler, Teut ^a   Oesingmann, Niels ^b   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Schlemmer, Heinz Peter ^a   Schick, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic MR nephrography; Gadobutrol; Kidney; Nephrography; Split renal function; TrueFISP; TurboFLASH

Indexed keywords

GADOBUTROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE NEPHROGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RENOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TIME;

EID: 33947125066     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000255810.78648.eb     Document Type: Article

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