Three-dimensional black-blood MR imaging of carotid arteries with segmented steady-state free precession: Initial experience

Radiology

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 220-228

  Koktzoglou, Ioannis ^a,b   Chung, Yiu Cho ^c   Carroll, Timothy J ^a,b   Simonetti, Orlando P ^d   Morasch, Mark D ^a   Li, Debiao ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; STEADY STATE; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 34147195477     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2431060310     Document Type: Article

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