Phase contrast ultrashort TE: A more reliable technique for measurement of high-velocity turbulent stenotic jets

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 626-636

  O'Brien, Kieran R ^a   Myerson, Saul G ^b   Cowan, Brett R ^c   Young, Alistair A ^a,c   Robson, Matthew D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

High velocity; Phase contrast; Turbulent jets; Ultrashort TE

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; DEPHASING SIGNALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIGH VELOCITY; HIGH VELOCITY JET; PHASE CONTRASTS; TURBULENT JET; VELOCITY-DEPENDENT;

VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA STENOTIC JET; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXCITATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHANTOM; PHASE CONTRAST ULTRASHORT ECHOGRAPHY TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

EID: 69449089427     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22051     Document Type: Article

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