3D high-spatial-resolution cerebral MR venography at 3T: A contrast-dose-reduction study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 349-355

  Tomasian, A ^a,b   Salamon, N ^a   Krishnam, M S ^a   Finn, J P ^a   Villablanca, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Peter v Ueberroth Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY;

EID: 60149106749     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1319     Document Type: Article

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