Intraindividual assessment of the thoracic aorta using contrast and non-contrast-enhanced MR angiography

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-236

  Von Tengg Kobligk, Hendrik ^a   Ley Zaporozhan, J ^b   Henninger, V ^a,b   Grunberg K M ^a   Giesel, F L ^a   Bockler D ^c   Krummenauer, F ^d   Kauczor, H U ^a,b   Ley, S ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aorta; Imaging sequences; MR angiography

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GADOBENIC ACID; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61549112457     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: 14389010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1109039     Document Type: Article

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