Nonenhanced methods for lower-extremity MRA: A phantom study examining the effects of stenosis and pathologic flow waveforms at 1.5T

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 401-408

  Offerman, Erik J ^a   Hodnett, Philip A ^a,b   Edelman, Robert R ^a,b   Koktzoglou, Ioannis ^a,b  

^a NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fresh blood imaging; ghost; magnetic resonance angiography; pulsatile flow phantom; quiescent interval single shot; time of flight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARGIOGRAPHY GATED THREE DIMENSIONAL FAST SPIN ECHO MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FLOW RATE; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUIESCENT INTERVAL SINGLE SHOT MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; STENOSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL TIME OF FLIGHT MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; UNGATED THREE DIMENSIONAL FAST SPIN ECHO GHOST MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY;

ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79551550092     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22457     Document Type: Article

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