Unenhanced MR angiography of the renal arteries with balanced steady-state free precession dixon method

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 243-246

  Stafford, Randall B ^a,b   Sabati, Mohammad ^b,c   Haakstad, Michael J ^b   Mahallati, Houman ^b,c   Frayne, Richard ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Seaman Family MR Research Centre   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balanced steady state free precession; Dixon method; MRI; Renal arteries; Unenhanced MR angiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; RENAL ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 46849114552     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3076     Document Type: Article

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