3D coronary MR angiography at 1.5 T: Volume-targeted versus whole-heart acquisition

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 594-602

  Jin, Hang ^a   Zeng, Meng Su ^a   Ge, Mei Ying ^a   Yun, Hong ^a   Yang, Shan ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coronary MR angiography; navigator; steady state free precession; volume targeted; whole heart

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CORONARY ARTERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

CORONARY MR ANGIOGRAPHY; NAVIGATOR; STEADY-STATE FREE PRECESSION; VOLUME-TARGETED; WHOLE-HEART;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84883358280     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24015     Document Type: Article

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