Flow-sensitive 4D MRI of the thoracic aorta: Comparison of image quality, quantitative flow, and wall parameters at 1.5 T and 3 T

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1097-1103

  Strecker, Christoph ^a   Harloff, Andreas ^a   Wallis, Wolf ^a   Markl, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

4D flow; aorta; blood flow; flow sensitive MRI; phase contrast

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; THORACIC AORTA;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867180174     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23735     Document Type: Article

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