High-resolution magnetic resonance angiography of digital arteries in SSc patients on 3 Tesla: preliminary study

Rheumatology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1712-1719

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Xu, Jian Rong ^a   Lu, Qing ^a   Ye, Shuang ^a   Liu, Xiao Sheng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

High resolution; Maximum intensity projection; Micro magnetic resonance angiography; Proper digital artery; Raynaud's phenomenon; Systemic sclerosis; Tesla magnetic resonance imaging; Three dimensional; Time of flight; Vascular abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL ARTERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 80051943979     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq453     Document Type: Article

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