Measuring pulsatile flow in cerebral arteries using 4D phase-contrast MR imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1740-1745

  Wahlin A ^a   Ambarki, K ^a   Birgander, R ^a   Wieben, O ^b   Johnson, K M ^b,c   Malm, J ^a   Eklund, A ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL PHASE CONTRAST NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE WAVE; TWO DIMENSIONAL PHASE CONTRAST NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 85047687582     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3442     Document Type: Article

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