MRI of the carotid artery at 7 Tesla: Quantitative comparison with 3 Tesla

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 773-780

  Koning, Wouter ^a   De Rotte, Alexandra A J ^a   Bluemink, Johanna J ^a   Van Der Velden, Tijl A ^a   Luijten, Peter R ^a   Klomp, Dennis W J ^a   Zwanenburg, Jaco J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

7T; Carotid; High field MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING PHANTOM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHOLE BODY MRI; YOUNG ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84923203944     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24601     Document Type: Article

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