Fast projective carotid MR angiography using arterial spin-labeled balanced SSFP

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 778-782

  Koktzoglou, Ioannis ^a,b   Edelman, Robert R ^a,b  

^a EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Carotid; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spin labeling; SSFP

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIN LABELING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 51449113617     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21476     Document Type: Article

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