Non-contrast-enhanced four-dimensional (4D) intracranial MR angiography: A feasibility study

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 835-841

  Bi, Xiaoming ^a   Weale, Peter ^a   Schmitt, Peter ^b   Zuehlsdorff, Sven ^a   Jerecic, Renate ^a  

^a SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flow visualization; Hemodynamics; Intracranial arteries; Magnetic resonance angiography; Non contrast enhanced; Time resolved

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETISM;

ANATOMIC STRUCTURES; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TIME-RESOLVED;

CONTRAST MEDIA;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE;

EID: 77649140328     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22220     Document Type: Article

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