Current State-of-the-Art 1.5 T and 3 T Extracranial Carotid Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 235-257

  DeMarco, J Kevin ^a   Willinek, Winfried A ^b   Finn, J Paul ^c   Huston, John ^d  

^a St John Hospital and Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid MR angiography; Gadolinium based contrast agent; Time resolved carotid MR angiography

Indexed keywords

GADOBENATE DIMEGLUMINE; GADOFOSVESET; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTIFACT; BANDWIDTH; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUOROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OPTIMAL FLIP ANGLE; PARALLEL SYSTEM; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ZEO INTERPOLATION;

CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84860379538     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: 15579867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2012.02.007     Document Type: Review

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