Cardiac Magnetic Resonance at High Field: Promises and Problems

Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 49-56

  Gharib, Ahmed M ^a   Elagha, Abdalla ^a   Pettigrew, Roderic I ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION ABSORPTION; REVIEW;

HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 39149120302     PISSN: 03630188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpradiol.2007.11.003     Document Type: Review

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