Noninvasive visualization of the basilar artery wall and branch ostia with high-resolution three-dimensional black-blood sequence at 3 tesla

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 911-916

  Lou, Xin ^a   Ma, Ning ^b   Shen, Hao ^c   Shi, Kaining ^c   Jiang, Weijian ^d   Ma, Lin ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (China)

^d The Second Artillery General Hospital PLA   (China)

Author keywords

basilar artery; magnetic resonance imaging; sequence; stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTERY; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BASILAR ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; BRANCH OSTIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FLOW DEPHASING PREPARED FAST SPOILED GRADIENT RECALLED ECHO; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BASILAR ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84897024812     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24222     Document Type: Article

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