Orthogonal measurement of thoracic aorta luminal diameter using ECG-gated high-resolution contrast-enhanced MR angiography

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1480-1485

  Bireley II, William R ^a   Diniz, Lincoln O ^a   Groves, Elliott M ^a   Dill, Karin ^a   Carroll, Timothy J ^a   Carr, James C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysms; Aortic luminal diameter measurement; MR angiography; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA; TWO TAILED TEST;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 37349104244     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21085     Document Type: Article

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