Advances in coronary MRA from vessel wall to whole heart imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 157-170

  Stehning, Christian ^a   Boernert, Peter ^a   Nehrke, Kay ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac MRI; CMRA; Vessel wall imaging; Whole heart imaging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

BREATHING; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MOVEMENT; RESPIRATION;

EID: 39549087502     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.6.157     Document Type: Review

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