Modified electrocardiograph-triggered black-blood turbo spin-echo technique to improve T1-weighting in contrast-enhanced MRI of atherosclerotic carotid arteries

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 533-537

  Boussel, Loic ^a,c,d   Herigault, Gwenael ^b   Sigovan, Monica ^c   Loffroy, Romaric ^a   Canet Soulas, Emmanuelle ^c   Douek, Philippe Charles ^a,c  

^a LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Carotid atherosclerotic plaque; EKG triggering; Gadolinium; High resolution MRI; MR sequence

Indexed keywords

GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ARTIFACTS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 49049096313     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21104     Document Type: Article

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