High-resolution magnetic resonance angiography of the lower extremities with a dedicated 36-element matrix coil at 3 Tesla

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 477-483

  Kramer, Harald ^a   Michaely, Henrik J ^a   Matschl, Volker ^b   Schmitt, Peter ^b   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Schoenberg, Stefan O ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3.0 Tesla; Coil design; Magnetic resonance; MRA; Peripheral vessels; Run off study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 34249023605     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000263183.66407.69     Document Type: Article

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