Image quality and diagnostic accuracy of unenhanced SSFP MR angiography compared with conventional contrast-enhanced MR angiography for the assessment of thoracic aortic diseases

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1311-1320

  Krishnam, Mayil S ^a   Tomasian, Anderanik ^b   Malik, Sachin ^b   Desphande, Vibhas ^c   Laub, Gerhard ^c   Ruehm, Stefan G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast; Enhanced MRA; SSFP MR angiography; Steady state free precession; Thoracic aorta; Unenhanced MRA

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACIC AORTA DISEASE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THROMBUS;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; AORTA, THORACIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77952095169     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1672-3     Document Type: Article

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