MRI of the Thoracic Aorta

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 639-651

  François, Christopher J ^a   Carr, James C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA STENOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLACK BLOOD TECHNIQUE; BREATH HOLDING; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEMATOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHASED CONTRAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION; T1 GRADIENT ECHO FAT SATURATED; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULCER; VASCULITIS;

EID: 35448999979     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2007.08.011     Document Type: Review

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