Multiphase time-resolved contrast-enhanced portal MRA in normal dogs

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-57

  Mai, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dogs; Gadolinium; Liver; Magnetic resonance angiography; Parallel imaging; Portal vein

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DOG; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOGS; GADOLINIUM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PORTAL SYSTEM; PORTAL VEIN; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 58049173672     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2008.01489.x     Document Type: Article

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