Design of a birdcage array for lower extremity angiography

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 589-597

  Brown, Ryan ^a,b   Prince, Martin R ^a   Ersoy, Hale ^a   Dooley, Michael ^d   Ho, Bernard Y ^a   Mareyam, Azma ^c   Mohajer, Kiyarash ^a   Wang, Yi ^a,b,e  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Weill Cornell Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

^e School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdcage resonator; Bolus chase; Magnetic resonance angiography; Peripheral arterial occlusive disease; Phased array coil

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG ANGIOGRAPHY; LEG MUSCLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THIGH; VOLUNTEER; ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LEG; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEG; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 35248819231     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21042     Document Type: Article

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