Whole heart magnetization-prepared steady-state free precession coronary vein MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1293-1299

  Stoeck, Christian T ^a,b   Han, Yuchi ^a   Peters, Dana C ^a   Hu, Peng ^a   Yeon, Susan B ^a   Kissinger, Kraig V ^a   Goddu, Beth ^a   Goepfert, Lois ^a   Manning, Warren J ^a   Kozerke, Sebastian ^b   Nezafat, Reza ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3D SSFP whole heart MRI; Coronary vein imaging; Magnetization transfer contrast

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY VEIN; FEMALE; GRADIENT ECHO; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMPLANTATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION;

CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 66749103777     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21788     Document Type: Article

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