A 3D balanced-SSFP Dixon technique with group-encoded k-space segmentation for breath-held non-contrast-enhanced MR angiography

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-164

  Saranathan, Manojkumar ^a   Bayram, Ersin ^b   Worters, Pauline W ^a   Glockner, James F ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced steady state free precession; Dixon fat water separation; Non contrast enhanced MR angiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; GROUP ENCODED UNGATED INVERSION NULLING FOR NON CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT IN THE STEADY STATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RESPIRATORY GATED IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THREE DIMENSIONAL BALANCED STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION DIXON TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84855473625     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2011.09.013     Document Type: Article

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