Noninvasive depiction of the lenticulostriate arteries with time-of-flight MR angiography at 7.0 T

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 624-629

  Hendrikse, Jeroen ^a   Zwanenburg, Jaco J ^b   Visser, Fredy ^c   Takahara, Taro ^a,d   Luijten, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circle of Willis; Lacunar infarct; MR angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55149102597     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000166838     Document Type: Article

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