Time-resolved and bolus-chase MR angiography of the leg: Branching pattern analysis and identification of septocutaneous perforators

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 858-864

  Sandhu, Gurpreet S ^a,b   Rezaee, Rod P ^c   Wright, Katherine ^b,d   Jesberger, John A ^b   Griswold, Mark A ^a,b,d   Gulani, Vikas ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^d Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibula free flap transfer operation; Leg arterial tree branching pattern; MR angiography; Septocutaneous perforator; Time resolved MR angiography

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBULA GRAFT; HUMAN; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PERFORATOR FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTOCUTANEOUS PERFORATOR; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77958539049     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3766     Document Type: Article

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