Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Perfusion MRI

Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 65-73

  Ishida, Masaki ^a   Morton, Geraint ^a   Schuster, Andreas ^a   Nagel, Eike ^a   Chiribiri, Amedeo ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Myocardial blood flow; Myocardial perfusion MRI; Quantitative analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867515698     PISSN: 19419066     EISSN: 19419074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12410-010-9013-0     Document Type: Review

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