3D noncontrast MR angiography of the distal lower extremities using flow-sensitive dephasing (FSD)-prepared balanced SSFP

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1523-1532

  Fan, Zhaoyang ^a,b   Sheehan, John ^a   Bi, Xiaoming ^c   Liu, Xin ^a   Carr, James ^a   Li, Debiao ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced steady state free precession; MRI; Noncontrast MRA; PAD; Peripheral arterial disease

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTERIAL STENOSIS; CONTRAST-ENHANCED MR; GRADIENT WAVEFORMS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; NONCONTRAST MRA; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSIONS;

ANGIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; STEADY STATE; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE; VENOUS BLOOD; WAVEFORM;

EID: 73149123367     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22142     Document Type: Article

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