Coronary MR Imaging: Lumen and Wall

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-158

  Kelle, Sebastian ^a,b   Weiss, Robert G ^b   Stuber, Matthias ^b,c  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary MR imaging; Imaging; Vessel lumen; Vessel wall

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEART MOVEMENT; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; X RAY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY;

EID: 64349118070     PISSN: 10649689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2008.12.003     Document Type: Review

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