Black-blood imaging of the human heart using rapid stimulated echo acquisition mode (STEAM) MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1666-1671

  Karaus, Alexander ^a   Merboldt, Klaus Dietmar ^a   Graessner, Joachim ^b   Frahm, Jens ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c Biomedizinische NMR Forschungs GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

3T; Black blood imaging; Cardiac imaging; Heart; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rapid imaging; STEAM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 37349000591     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21208     Document Type: Article

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