Non-contrast-enhanced MR angiography for selective visualization of the hepatic vein and inferior vena cava with true steady-state free-precession sequence and time-spatial labeling inversion pulses: Preliminary results

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 474-479

  Shimada, Kotaro ^a   Isoda, Hiroyoshi ^a   Okada, Tomohisa ^a   Kamae, Toshikazu ^a   Maetani, Yoji ^a   Arizono, Shigeki ^a   Hirokawa, Yuusuke ^a   Shibata, Toshiya ^a   Togashi, Kaori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic vein; Magnetic resonance angiography; Non contrast enhanced; T SLIP; True ssfp

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 60649096754     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21636     Document Type: Article

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