Spiral phase velocity mapping of left and right coronary artery blood flow: Correction for through-plane motion using selective fat-only excitation

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 953-960

  Keegan, Jennifer ^a   Gatehouse, Peter D ^a   Yang, Guang Zhong ^b   Firmin, David N ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary blood flow; Spiral; Temporal profile; Through plane correction; Velocity mapping

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EPICARDIUM; EXCITATION; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SPIRAL PHASE VELOCITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROUGH PLANE MOTION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; DIASTOLE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SYSTOLE;

EID: 9644303126     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20208     Document Type: Article

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