Direct comparison of sensitivity encoding (SENSE) accelerated and conventional 3D contrast enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (CE-MRA) of renal arteries: Effect of increasing spatial resolution

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 149-159

  Muthupillai, R ^a,b   Douglas, E ^a   Huber, S ^a,b   Lambert, B ^a   Pereyra, M ^a   Wilson, G J ^c,d   Flamm, S D ^a,b,e  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d Puget Sound VA HCS ^*  (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced magnetic resonance angiography; Magnetic resonance angiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Renal artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; SENSITIVITY ENCODING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 74049112830     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22002     Document Type: Article

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