Effects of doubling and tripling the spatial resolution in standard 3D contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography of carotid artery disease

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-77

  Hnatiuk, Brad ^a   Emery, Derek J ^a   Wilman, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carotid artery disease; Contrast enhanced; Elliptical centric; Magnetic resonance angiography; Vascular imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 37849029191     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21225     Document Type: Article

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