Semiquantitative assessment of myocardial perfusion using magnetic resonance imaging: Evaluation of appropriate thresholds and segmentation models

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 572-581

  Fenchel, Michael ^a   Kramer, Ulrich ^a   Helber, Uwe ^a   Stauder, Norbert I ^a   Franow, Andreas ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Miller, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heart MR; Magnetic resonance; MR imaging; MR technology; Myocardial perfusion

Indexed keywords

TETROFOSMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FIRST PASS EFFECT; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 4143073522     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000133816.83192.38     Document Type: Article

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