Balanced steady-state free precession vs. segmented fast low-angle shot for the evaluation of ventricular volumes, mass, and function at 3 Tesla

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 392-400

  Grothues, Frank ^a   Boenigk, Hagen ^a   Graessner, Joachim ^b   Kanowski, Martin ^a   Klein, Helmut U ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance; Cine imaging; FLASH; High field; SSFP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BALANCED STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGMENTED FAST LOW ANGLE SHOT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; CARDIAC VOLUME; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34547882725     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20986     Document Type: Article

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