Fast isotropic volumetric coronary MR angiography using free-breathing 3D radial balanced FFE acquisition

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 197-203

  Stehning, Christian ^a   Bornert P ^b   Nehrke, K ^b   Eggers, H ^b   Dossel O ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D radial; 3D PR; Coronary artery imaging; Isotropic resolution; Volumetric imaging

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION;

3D RADIAL; CORONARY ARTERIES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; ISOTROPIC RESOLUTION; SPATIAL DIMENSION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VOLUME DATA SETS; VOLUMETRIC IMAGING;

HEART;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DEVICE; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 4644257415     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20128     Document Type: Article

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