Enhanced image quality in black-blood MRI using the improved motion-sensitized driven-equilibrium (iMSDE) sequence

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1256-1263

  Wang, Jinnan ^a,b   Yarnykh, Vasily L ^a   Yuan, Chun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Black blood; Carotid MRI; Flow suppression; iMSDE; MSDE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77951549426     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22149     Document Type: Article

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