3D time-resolved MR angiography (MRA) of the carotid arteries with time-resolved imaging with stochastic trajectories: Comparison with 3D contrast-enhanced bolus-chase MRA and 3D time-of-flight MRA

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1847-1854

  Lim, Ruth P ^a,d   Shapiro, M ^a   Wang, E Y ^a   Law, M ^c   Babb, J S ^a   Rueff, L E ^a   Jacob, J S ^a   Kim, S ^a   Carson, R H ^a,c   Mulholland, T P ^a   Laub, G ^b   Hecht, E M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 56849122408     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1252     Document Type: Article

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