Portal venous system: Evaluation with unenhanced MR angiography with a single-breath-hold ECG-synchronized 3D half-Fourier fast spin-echo sequence

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 550-554

  Ito, Katsuyoshi ^a,b   Koike, Shinji ^a   Shimizu, Ayame ^a   Tanabe, Masahiro ^a   Jo, Chisaki ^c   Miyazaki, Mitsue ^c   Matsunaga, Naofumi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

MR angiography; Portal vein; Portography; Venography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL HALF FOURIER FAST SPIN ECHO;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 49149102718     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2697     Document Type: Article

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