7-T MRI in cerebrovascular diseases: Challenges to overcome and initial results

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 89-100

  Harteveld, Anita A ^a   Van Der Kolk, Anja G ^a   Zwanenburg, Jaco J M ^a   Luijten, Peter R ^a   Hendrikse, Jeroen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

7 tesla; Cerebrovascular disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ultrahigh field

Indexed keywords

ARTERY; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BOLD SIGNAL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; EXTRACRANIAL ARTERY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL VEIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENCHYMA; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIN LABELING; VEIN; VESSEL LUMEN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

BLOOD VESSELS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84963563159     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: 15361004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RMR.0000000000000080     Document Type: Review

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