Magnetic resonance angiography of the carotid arteries: Comparison of unenhanced and contrast enhanced techniques

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1667-1676

  Kramer, Harald ^a   Runge, Val M ^b   Morelli, John N ^c   Williams, Kenneth D ^c   Naul, L Gill ^c   Nikolaou, Konstantin ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Wintersperger, Bernd J ^a,d  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gadolinium; MRA; MRI; NSF; Unenhanced MRA

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM GATED STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATIC HIGH RESOLUTION CONTRAST ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; T2 WEIGHTED DARK BLOOD MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; TIME OF FLIGHT MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80052654562     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2110-x     Document Type: Article

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