Unenhanced calf MR angiography at 3.0 T using electrocardiography-gated partial-fourier fast spin echo imaging with variable flip angle

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1311-1322

  Li, Dan ^a   Lin, Jiang ^a   Yan, Fuhua ^a   Wu, Qingyuan ^a   Lv, Weiwei ^a   San, Yan ^a   Yun, Hong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fast spin echo; Magnetic resonance angiography; Peripheral arterial occlusive disease; Unenhanced

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY GATED PARTIAL FOURIER FAST SPIN ECHO IMAGING; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; LEG ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERONEUS ARTERY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TACHYCARDIA; TIBIAL ARTERY; UNENHANCED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIN LABELS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959240120     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-010-2028-8     Document Type: Article

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