3D TOF MRA of Intracranial Aneurysms at 1.5 T and 3 T. Influence of Matrix, Parallel Imaging, and Acquisition Time on Image Quality-A Vascular Phantom Study

Academic Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 635-640

  Hiai, Yasuhiro ^a   Kakeda, Shingo ^b   Sato, Toru ^b   Ohnari, Norihiro ^b   Moriya, Junji ^b   Kitajima, Mika ^a   Hirai, Toshinori ^a   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^a   Korogi, Yukunori ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 T MRI; aneurysm; parallel imaging; TOF MRA

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FLOWMETER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIOLOGIST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PULSATILE FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 41949115195     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.12.021     Document Type: Article

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