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Quantitative Analysis of Vortical Blood Flow in the Thoracic Aorta Using 4D Phase Contrast MRI

INTRODUCTION: Phase contrast MRI allows for the examination of complex hemodynamics in the heart and adjacent great vessels. Vortex flow patterns seem to play an important role in certain vascular pathologies. We propose two- and three-dimensional metrics for the objective quantification of aortic v...

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Autores principales: von Spiczak, Jochen, Crelier, Gerard, Giese, Daniel, Kozerke, Sebastian, Maintz, David, Bunck, Alexander Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4587936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26418327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139025