MR venography of the human brain using susceptibility weighted imaging at very high field strength

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 149-158

  Koopmans, Peter J ^a   Manniesing, Rashindra ^b   Niessen, Wiro J ^b   Viergever, Max A ^c   Barth, Markus ^a,d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 T; 7 T; Neuroimaging; Parallel imaging; Transverse relaxation times; Venography; Vessel enhancing diffusion; Vessel segmentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VENOUS BLOOD; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHLEBOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41849095182     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-007-0101-3     Document Type: Article

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