3-T navigator parallel-imaging coronary MR angiography: Targeted-volume versus whole-heart acquisition

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-42

  Chang, Shixin ^a   Cham, Matthew D ^b   Hu, Shuguang ^c   Wang, Yi ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 T; Coronary MR angiography; Navigator; Targeted volume; Whole heart

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 46849119027     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2503     Document Type: Article

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