Improved SNR efficiency in gradient echo coronary MRA with high temporal resolution using parallel imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1211-1220

  Jing, Yu ^a   Schär, Michael ^a,b   Vonken, Evert Jan ^a   Kelle, Sebastian ^a   Stuber, Matthias ^a  

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

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary MRA; Gradient echo; High temporal resolution; Parallel imaging; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); HEART; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETISM; NUMERICAL MODELS; SIGNAL ENCODING;

CORONARY MRA; GRADIENT ECHO; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PARALLEL IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY EXCITATIONS; SENSITIVITY ENCODING; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 70449396595     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22114     Document Type: Article

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