Volume-targeted and whole-heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography using an intravascular contrast agent

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1191-1196

  Tang, Lijun ^a,b   Merkle, Nico ^c   Schär, Michael ^b,d   Korosoglou, Grigorios ^b,e   Solaiyappan, Meiyappan ^b   Hombach, Vinzenz ^c   Stuber, Matthias ^b  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Germany)

^d PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood pool agents; Coronary arteries; Intravascular contrast agents; Magnetic resonance imaging; Volume targeting; Whole heart imaging

Indexed keywords

B 222956; B 22956; CONTRAST MEDIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY VESSELS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 70350458179     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21903     Document Type: Article

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