Myocardial first pass perfusion imaging with gadobutrol: Impact of parallel imaging algorithms on image quality and signal behavior

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 522-528

  Theisen, Daniel ^a   Wintersperger, Bernd J ^a   Huber, Armin ^a   Dietrich, Olaf ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Schönberg, Stefan O ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fast gradient recalled echo (GRE); GRAPPA; Heart; MRI; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Parallel imaging; Semiquantitative perfusion parameter

Indexed keywords

GADOBUTROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIRST PASS EFFECT; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250713003     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3180383572     Document Type: Article

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