Time-resolved and high-resolution MRA in a rabbit model of pulmonary embolism at 7 T: preliminary results

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-145

  Mata, Jaime F ^a   Bozlar, Ugur ^a   Mugler III, John P ^a   Miller, Grady W ^a   Berr, Stuart S ^a   Hagspiel, Klaus D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

7 T; High field MR; MRA; Pulmonary embolism; Time resolved MRA

Indexed keywords

GADODIAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PERFUSION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; RABBIT; REPERFUSION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PILOT PROJECTS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 71049129449     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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