FLASH proton density imaging for improved surface coil intensity correction in quantitative and semi-quantitative SSFP perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Nielles Vallespin, Sonia ^a   Kellman, Peter ^a   Hsu, Li Yueh ^a   Arai, Andrew E ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced steady state free precession (ssfp); Cardiovascular magnetic resonance; Fast low angle shot (flash); Myocardial perfusion; Proton density frames; Quantitative perfusion; Surface coil correction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; IMAGE PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ARTIFACTS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84924022439     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12968-015-0120-6     Document Type: Article

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