Low-Dose, Time-Resolved, Contrast-Enhanced 3D MR Angiography in the Assessment of the Abdominal Aorta and Its Major Branches at 3 Tesla

Academic Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 564-576

  Kramer, Ulrich ^a   Fenchel, Michael ^a   Laub, Gerhard ^b   Seeger, Achim ^a   Klumpp, Bernhard ^a   Bretschneider, Christiane ^a   Finn, J Paul ^c   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Miller, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Tesla; high magnetic field strength; Magnetic resonance angiography; parallel imaging technique; time resolved MRA

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950341202     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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