MR-based visualization and quantification of three-dimensional flow characteristics in the portal venous system

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 466-475

  Stankovic, Zoran ^a   Frydrychowicz, Alex ^a   Csatari, Zoltan ^a   Panther, Elisabeth ^a   Deibert, Peter ^a   Euringer, Wulf ^a   Kreisel, Wolfgang ^a   Russe, Maximilian ^a   Bauer, Simon ^a   Langer, Mathias ^a   Markl, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3T MRI; Flow analysis; Portal vein; Velocity mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; RESPIRATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77955345512     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22248     Document Type: Article

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