Projection imaging of the right coronary artery with an intravenous injection of contrast agent

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 699-703

  Green, Jordin D ^a,b   Schirf, Brian E ^a   Omary, Reed A ^a   McCarthy, Richard M ^a   Carr, James C ^a   Li, Debiao ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Coronary arteries; Magnetic resonance angiography; Projection imaging

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CORONARY ARTERIES; INTRAVENOUS INJECTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PROJECTION IMAGING; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSIONS;

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 4944229996     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20224     Document Type: Article

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