Hybrid of opposite-contrast MRA of the brain by combining time-of-flight and black-blood sequences: Initial experience in major trunk stenoocclusive diseases

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-60

  Tsuchiya, Kazuhiro ^a   Kobayashi, Kuninori ^a   Nitatori, Toshiaki ^a   Kimura, Tokunori ^b   Ikedo, Masato ^b   Takemoto, Shuhei ^b  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Black blood technique; Cerebral ischemia; MR angiography; Time of flight MR angiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW SENSITIVE BLACK BLOOD SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HYBRID OF OPPOSITE CONTRAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR TRUNK STENOOCCLUSIVE DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049086456     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21997     Document Type: Article

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