Coronary magnetic resonance angiography

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-234

  Stuber, Matthias ^a,b   Weiss, Robert G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Contrast enhancement; Coronary anatomy; Heart; Motion compensation; Pulse sequence design

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BREATHING MECHANICS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSEL WALL IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HIGH FIELD IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE SEQUENCE DESIGN; REVIEW; RR INTERVAL; STEADY STATE; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION; VOLUMETRY; WHOLE HEART IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MOVEMENT; MYOCARDIUM; X-RAYS;

EID: 34547915207     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20949     Document Type: Review

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