Neurovascular Imaging at 1.5 Tesla Versus 3.0 Tesla

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-46

  Huang, Benjamin Y ^a   Castillo, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3.0 Tesla; Carotid MR angiography; Contrast enhanced MR angiography; Head and neck MRA; Time of flight MR angiography

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTRAST; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW;

CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY;

EID: 64049115288     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2008.12.005     Document Type: Review

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