In vitro assessment of flow patterns and turbulence intensity in prosthetic heart valves using generalized phase-contrast MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1075-1080

  Kvitting, John Peder Escobar ^a,b   Dyverfeldt, Petter ^b   Sigfridsson, Andreas ^b   Franzén, Stefan ^a   Wigström, Lars ^b   Bolger, Ann F ^b,c   Ebbers, Tino ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging; Prosthetic heart valves; Turbulence intensity

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

ALGORITHMS; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77951610240     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22163     Document Type: Article

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