Vascular Disorders-Magnetic Resonance Angiography: Brain Vessels

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-233

  Campeau, Norbert G ^a   Huston, John ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Tesla; Aneurysm; MRA; Vascular Disorders

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MICROANGIOPATHY; MOYAMOYA DISEASE; PHASE CONTRAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TELANGIECTASIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULITIS;

CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; STROKE;

EID: 84860364776     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: 15579867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2012.02.006     Document Type: Review

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