T1-weighted-space dark blood whole body magnetic resonance angiography (DB-WBMRA): Initial experience

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 502-509

  Mihai, Georgeta ^a,b   Chung, Yiu Cho ^c   Merchant, Ali ^a   Simonetti, Orlando P ^a,b   Rajagopalan, Sanjay ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Siemens Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

3D MRI; Atherosclerosis; Dark blood; DB WBMRA; Whole body MRA

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T1 WEIGHTED SPACE DARK BLOOD WHOLE BODY MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; THORACIC AORTA;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 75749136951     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22049     Document Type: Article

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