MR Angiography and Venography of the Brain

Susceptibility Weighted Imaging in MRI: Basic Concepts and Clinical Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 103-119

  Barnes, Samuel ^a   Jin, Zhaoyang ^c   Du, Yiping P ^d   Deistung, Andreas ^b   Reichenbach, Jürgen R ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c HANGZHOU DIANZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain MR angiography and venography MR venography and SWI, using deoxygenated hemoglobin in veins, in intrinsic contrast medium; MRAV and TOF SWI dual echo acquisition additional MRV images, without increasing typical scan time for MRA acquisition; Susceptibility weighted images (venograms) and magnitude and phase information combination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886148278     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470905203.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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