To TOF or not to TOF: Strategies for non-contrast-enhanced intracranial MRA at 7 T

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 159-167

  Maderwald, Stefan ^a,b   Ladd, Susanne C ^a,b   Gizewski, Elke R ^a,b   Kraff, Oliver ^a,b   Theysohn, Jens M ^a,b   Wicklow, Karsten ^c   Moenninghoff, Christoph ^a,b   Wanke, Isabel ^a,b   Ladd, Mark E ^a,b   Quick, Harald H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

7 T; High resolution; Intracranial vessels; Non contrast enhanced MRA; Time of flight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MASTOID; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 41849149018     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-007-0096-9     Document Type: Article

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