Technical Principles of MR Angiography Methods

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Ivancevic, Marko K ^a,b   Geerts, Liesbeth ^a   Weadock, William J ^b   Chenevert, Thomas L ^b  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

4D TRAK; Contrast enhanced; MR angiography; Time resolved

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PHYSICS;

EID: 64349086061     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2009.01.012     Document Type: Review

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