Hybrid contrast-enhanced MR angiography of pelvic and lower extremity vasculature at 3.0 T: Initial experience

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 170-176

  Berg, Frank ^a   Bangard, Christopher ^a   Bovenschulte, Henning ^a   Nijenhuis, Marco ^b   Hellmich, Martin ^a   Lackner, Klaus ^a   Gossmann, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

3.0 T; Hybrid MR angiography; Lower extremity

Indexed keywords

3.0 T; ANATOMICAL REGIONS; ARTERIAL TREES; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; CONTRAST-ENHANCED MR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGES; DIAGNOSTIC QUALITIES; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHIES; FEMORAL ARTERIES; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; HYBRID MR-ANGIOGRAPHY; HYBRID TECHNIQUES; K SPACES; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHIES; MR-IMAGES; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; STENOSES; T-SYSTEMS; VASCULATURE;

ABERRATIONS; ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MEDICAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIA;

GADODIAMIDE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOOT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; STENOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 63749119427     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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