MR angiography of the renal arteries: Intraindividual comparison of double-dose contrast enhancement at 1.5 T with standard dose at 3 T

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 173-177

  Herborn, Christoph U ^a,b   Runge, Val M ^a   Watkins, David M ^a   Gendron, Jilene M ^a   Naul, L Gill ^a  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

High magnetic field strength; MR angiography; Renal arterial stenosis

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADODIAMIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; RENAL ARTERY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37549008768     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2486     Document Type: Article

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