3D velocity quantification in the heart: Improvements by 3D PC-SSFP

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 947-955

  Rolf, Marijn P ^a   Hofman, Mark B M ^a   Kuijer, Joost P A ^a   Van Rossum, Albert C ^a   Heethaar, Rob M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D; MRI; Phase contrast; SSFP; Velocity quantification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AORTA; ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYOCARDIUM; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 70350453936     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21933     Document Type: Article

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