4D flow MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1015-1036

  Markl, Michael ^a,b   Frydrychowicz, Alex ^c,d   Kozerke, Sebastian ^e   Hope, Mike ^f   Wieben, Oliver ^c,d,g  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

4D flow MRI; aorta; blood flow; carotid bifurcation; heart; hemodynamics; hepatic arteries; intracranial arteries; PC VIPR; peripheral arteries; phase contrast; pulmonary arteries; renal arteries; respiration control; self gating

Indexed keywords

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; KIDNEY ARTERY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER VEIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULSE WAVE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY GATED IMAGING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THORACIC AORTA; TRICUSPID VALVE; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867819825     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23632     Document Type: Review

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