Free-breathing, three-dimensional coronary artery magnetic resonance angiography: Comparison of sequences

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 395-402

  Weber, Oliver M ^a   Pujadas, Sandra ^a,b   Martin, Alastair J ^a,c   Higgins, Charles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary arteries; Magnetic resonance angiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radial MRI; Spiral MRI; Steady state free precession

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CARTESIAN SEGMENTED GRADIENT ECHO; CARTESIAN STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL SEGMENTED GRADIENT ECHO; RADIAL STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPIRAL GRADIENT ECHO; SPIRAL SEGMENTED GRADIENT ECHO; STEADY STATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; RESPIRATION;

EID: 4344637817     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20141     Document Type: Article

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