Use of respiratory biofeedback and CLAWS for increased navigator efficiency for imaging the thoracic aorta

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1666-1673

  Jhooti, P ^a   Haas, T ^a   Kawel, N ^a   Bremerich, J ^a   Keegan, J ^b   Scheffler, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biofeedback; motion artifacts; navigator; respiratory gating

Indexed keywords

BIOFEEDBACK; BLOOD VESSELS; EFFICIENCY; IMAGE QUALITY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

ADAPTIVE WINDOWING; BREATHING PATTERNS; MOTION ARTIFACT; NAVIGATOR; RESPIRATORY GATINGS; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS; RESPIRATORY PATTERN; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSIONS;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CONTINUOUSLY ADAPTIVE WINDOWING STRATEGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; STEADY STATE; TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 81355147806     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22945     Document Type: Article

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