Automated measurement and classification of pulmonary blood-flow velocity patterns using phase-contrast MRI and correlation analysis

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-47

  van Amerom, Joshua F P ^a   Kellenberger, Christian J ^b   Yoo, Shi Joon ^a,c   Macgowan, Christopher K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Correlation analysis; Phase contrast; Pulmonary blood flow; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULSATILE FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 57049158208     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2008.05.016     Document Type: Article

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