Profile order and time-dependent artifacts in contrast-enhanced coronary MR angiography at 3T: Origin and prevention

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 292-299

  Kotys, Melanie S ^a,b   Herzka, Daniel A ^a,c   Vonken, Evert Jan ^d   Ohayon, Jacques ^e,f   Heroux, Julie ^e   Gharib, Ahmed M ^e   Stuber, Matthias ^d   Pettigrew, Roderic I ^e,f,g  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast agent enhancement; Coronary artery; Magnetic resonance angiography artifact; Profile order; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DATA ACQUISITION; HEART;

CONTRAST AGENT; CORONARY ARTERIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PROFILE ORDER; SIMULATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; STEADY STATE;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 67849126381     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21997     Document Type: Article

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