Variable velocity encoding in a three-dimensional, three-directional phase contrast sequence: Evaluation in phantom and volunteers

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1450-1459

  Nilsson, Anders ^a   Bloch, Karin Markenroth ^a,b   Carlsson, Marcus ^c   Heiberg, Einar ^c   Ståhlberg, Freddy ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

blood flow visualization; flow MRI; phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging; velocity encoding; velocity mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL THREE DIRECTIONAL PHASE CONTRAST SEQUENCE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869381468     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23778     Document Type: Article

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