Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 158-164 , February 2012

A 3D balanced-SSFP Dixon technique with group-encoded k-space segmentation for breath-held non–contrast-enhanced MR angiography

  • Manojkumar Saranathan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, Lucas Center, MC 5488, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Tel.: +1 650 736 4141.
    • ,
  • Ersin Bayram

      Affiliations

    • GE Healthcare, Waukesha, WI, USA
    • ,
  • Pauline W. Worters

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
    • ,
  • James F. Glockner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

Received 25 May 2011 ,Revised 15 August 2011 ,Accepted 18 September 2011.

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PII: S0730-725X(11)00345-6

doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2011.09.013

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 158-164 , February 2012

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