Whole-heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography with parallel imaging: Comparison of acceleration in one-dimension vs. two-dimensions

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 486-491

  Okada, Tomohisa ^a   Kanao, Shotaro ^a   Ninomiya, Ayako ^b   Sato, Saori ^b   Kuhara, Shigehide ^b   Kamae, Toshikazu ^a   Gotoh, Kimio ^a   Togashi, Kaori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary magnetic resonance angiography; Parallel imaging; Whole heart

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION TIME; CLINICAL SITUATIONS; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CORONARY ARTERIES; CORONARY MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; IMAGE DEGRADATION; IN-PHASE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; ONE-DIMENSION; PARALLEL IMAGING; PHASED ARRAY COILS; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; TWO-DIMENSION; WHOLE BODY; WHOLE-HEART;

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; BLOOD VESSELS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ANGIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE;

EID: 69849087690     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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