Improved Vessel Delineation in Keyhole Time- Resolved Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography Using a Gadolinium Doped Flush

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1147-1153

  Beranek Chiu, Jan ^a,b   Froehlich, John M ^b   Wentz, Klaus U ^c,d   Doert, Alexis N ^a   Zollikofer, Christoph L ^a   Eckhardt, Boris P ^a,e  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL WINTERTHUR   (Switzerland)

^b Guerbet AG   (Switzerland)

^c Thurgau Cantonal Hospitals   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^e Institute of Diagnostic Radiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Cerebral vessels; Cineangiography; Gadolinium; Gadoterate; Internal; Magnetic resonance angiography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE; GADOTERIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; GADOLINIUM 1,4,7,10-TETRAAZACYCLODODECANE-N,N',N'',N'''-TETRAACETATE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149105147     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21761     Document Type: Article

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