Initial In Vivo Studies with a Polymer-based MR-compatible Guide Wire

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1384-1389

  Mekle, Ralf ^a   Zenge, Michael O ^c   Ladd, Mark E ^c   Quick, Harald H ^c   Hofmann, Eugen ^b   Scheffler, Klaus ^a   Bilecen, Deniz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Division of Vascular Intervention   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; GUIDE WIRE; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CATHETERIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERS;

EID: 70349448429     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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