Whole-heart contrast-enhanced coronary magnetic resonance angiography using gradient echo interleaved EPI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1388-1395

  Bhat, Himanshu ^a   Zuehlsdorff, Sven ^b   Bi, Xiaoming ^b   Li, Debiao ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Coronary arteries; Interleaved EPI; Magnetic resonance angiography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CARDIAC MOTION ARTIFACT; CORONARY ARTERIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; INTERLEAVED EPI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE PARAMETERS; SIGNALTONOISE RATIO (SNR);

HEART;

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME;

EID: 67049137587     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21963     Document Type: Article

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