Time-resolved MR angiography of the intracranial venous system: An alternative MR venography technique

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 980-989

  Yiǧit, Hasan ^a   Turan, Aynur ^a   Ergün, Elif ^a   Koşar, Pinar ^a   Koşar, Uǧur ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebral veins; Cranial venous sinuses; Magnetic resonance angiography; Techniques; Venography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOBUTROL; GADOBUTROLUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGMOID SINUS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINUS VENOSUS; THALAMOSTRIATE VEIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL CONTRAST ENHANCED MAGNETIC RESONANCE VENOGRAPHY; TIME RESOLVED IMAGING OF CONTRAST KINETICS MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; TRANSVERSE SINUS; TROLARD VEIN; TWO DIMENSIONAL TIME OF FLIGHT MAGNETIC RESONANCE VENOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CEREBRAL VEINS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861527664     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2330-0     Document Type: Article

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