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Optimization of gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography using an automated bolus-detection algorithm (MR SmartPrep). Original investigationV B Ho
Department of Radiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
Invest Radiol 33:515-23. 1998..In this article, the use of an automated bolus-detection algorithm (MR SmartPrep), which triggers the initiation of data acquisition for Gd-enhanced 3D MRA is reviewed. Potential applications of this evolving technique are illustrated...
Radiologic evaluation of suspected congenital heart disease in adultsVincent B Ho
Dept of Radiology, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Am Fam Physician 80:597-602. 2009..Noninvasive imaging is particularly useful for serial evaluation of patients with surgically corrected congenital heart disease, because nearly one half of these patients will require two or more surgeries...
ACR appropriateness criteria on suspected congenital heart disease in adultsVincent B Ho
Department of Radiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA
J Am Coll Radiol 5:97-104. 2008..Noninvasive imaging is particularly useful for the surveillance of patients with surgically corrected congenital heart disease, who often require 2 or more additional operations...
Impact of "Cine MR imaging: potential for the evaluation of cardiovascular function"Vincent B Ho
Department of Radiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814-4799, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 187:605-8. 2006
ACR Appropriateness Criteria(®) on suspected lower extremity deep vein thrombosisVincent B Ho
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
J Am Coll Radiol 8:383-7. 2011..Contrast x-ray venography, the historic gold standard for DVT assessment, is now less commonly performed and primarily reserved for patients with more complex presentations such as those with suspected recurrent acute DVT...
Major vascular anomalies in Turner syndrome: prevalence and magnetic resonance angiographic featuresVincent B Ho
Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Circulation 110:1694-700. 2004..To better understand the prevalence and pathogenesis of cardiovascular defects in TS, we prospectively evaluated a group of asymptomatic adult volunteers with TS using magnetic resonance (MR) angiography...
MR evaluation of solid renal massesVincent B Ho
Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 12:413-27, v. 2004..MR imaging may also be ordered in cases in which ultrasound is poor or in instances in which contrast-enhanced CT may be ill advised...
MRA of the thoracic vesselsVincent B Ho
Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
Semin Ultrasound CT MR 24:192-216. 2003..In this article, these methods with their specific technical and practical pitfalls for thoracic magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) will be discussed. Current clinical indications for thoracic MRA will also be illustrated...
MR angiography of the abdominal aorta and peripheral vesselsVincent B Ho
Department of Radiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Radiol Clin North Am 41:115-44. 2003..The basic issues relate to proper synchronization of imaging with peak arterial enhancement and to optimization of voxel dimensions for adequate depiction of the arterial structures...
Renal masses: quantitative assessment of enhancement with dynamic MR imagingVincent B Ho
MR Research Division, Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814 4799, USA
Radiology 224:695-700. 2002..To establish a quantitative magnetic resonance (MR) imaging contrast enhancement criterion for distinguishing cysts from solid renal lesions...
Magnetic resonance imaging of the aorta and branch vesselsV B Ho
Department of Radiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA
Coron Artery Dis 10:141-9. 1999..In this article, MRI of the aorta and its major branches will be reviewed, with emphasis on the newer technique of Gd-enhanced three-dimensional MRA...
Gadolinium-enhanced, vessel-tracking, two-dimensional coronary MR angiography: single-dose arterial-phase vs. delayed-phase imagingV B Ho
Department of Radiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 4799, USA
J Magn Reson Imaging 13:682-9. 2001..We concluded that utilization of a single dose of extracellular contrast media improves CMRA, especially if timed for arterial-phase imaging. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2001;13:682-689...
Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography: technical considerations for optimized clinical implementationV B Ho
Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 4799, USA
Top Magn Reson Imaging 12:283-99. 2001..Pertinent issues related to multiphase and multistation bolus chase CE MR angiography also will be discussed...
MR angiography of the abdominal aortaElizabeth A McGuigan
Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 13:65-89, v-vi. 2005
Contrast agents: innovations and potential applications for body MR angiographyMaureen N Hood
Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-4799, USA
Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 13:189-203, vii. 2005
High-resolution gadolinium-enhanced 3D MRA of the infrapopliteal arteries. Lessons for improving bolus-chase peripheral MRAMaureen N Hood
Department of Radiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814 4799, USA
Magn Reson Imaging 20:543-9. 2002..Improvements in peripheral MRA should be directed at these parameters...
Computerized information management for institutional review boardsMaureen N Hood
Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Comput Inform Nurs 23:190-8; quiz 199-200. 2005....
Prolongation of the cardiac QTc interval in Turner syndromeCarolyn A Bondy
Developmental Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Medicine (Baltimore) 85:75-81. 2006....
Answer to last month's radiology case and image: bicuspid aoritic valveJames R Cooney
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USA
Mil Med 171:iv-v. 2006
Isosurfaces as deformable models for magnetic resonance angiographyPeter J Yim
Department of Radiology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
IEEE Trans Med Imaging 22:875-81. 2003..The deformable model provided improvements over the isosurface in all cases in terms of measurement of the degree of stenosis or improving the surface smoothness...
MR angiography of the thoracic aortaJulianna M Czum
Department of Radiology, Box 141, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 13:41-64, v. 2005
Aortic valve disease in Turner syndromeVandana Sachdev
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 51:1904-9. 2008..Our goal was to determine the prevalence and characteristics of aortic valve disease in girls and women with monosomy for the X chromosome, or Turner syndrome (TS)...
Aortic dilatation and dissection in Turner syndromeLea Ann Matura
Developmental Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Circulation 116:1663-70. 2007..It is unknown whether aortic dilatation precedes acute aortic dissection in TS and, if so, what specific diameter predicts impending deterioration...
Radiology corner. Answer to last month's radiology case and image: Subtle lisfranc injury: low energy midfoot sprainNathan C Hawkes
School of Medicine (NCH) and Dept. of Radiology and Radiological Sciences (DJF, VBH, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD, USA
Mil Med 172:xii-xiii. 2007
Growth hormone treatment and aortic dimensions in Turner syndromeCarolyn A Bondy
Developmental Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 91:1785-8. 2006..In recent years many girls with Turner syndrome (TS) have been treated with supraphysiological doses of GH to increase adult height. In addition to promoting statural growth, GH may have direct effects on the cardiovascular system...
Three-dimensional phase-contrast magnetic resonance angiography: a useful clinical adjunct to gadolinium-enhanced three-dimensional renal magnetic resonance angiography?Maureen N Hood
Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814-4799, USA
Mil Med 167:343-9. 2002..All vessels were diagnosed correctly when both image sets were viewed. CONCLUSION: 3D PC MRA can improve the specificity of renal MRA by decreasing the number of false-positive Gd-enhanced 3D MRA interpretations...
Cardiac MRI: recent progress and continued challengesJames P Earls
Department of Radiology, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
J Magn Reson Imaging 16:111-27. 2002..The following article reviews the landmark developments in this field, with an emphasis on recent progress in the evaluation of ischemic or acquired heart disease...
Coronary artery anomalies and variants: technical feasibility of assessment with coronary MR angiography at 3 TAhmed M Gharib
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Radiology 247:220-7. 2008..Findings included aneurysms, ectasia, arteriovenous fistulas, and anomalous origins. The 3D whole-heart acquisitions developed for use with 3 T are feasible for use in the assessment of CAAV...
Multicenter phase-II trial of safety and efficacy of NC100150 for steady-state contrast-enhanced peripheral magnetic resonance angiographyTim Leiner
Department of Radiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University Hospital, Peter Debijelaan 25, 6229 HX, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Eur Radiol 13:1620-7. 2003....
MR angiography using steady-state free precessionThomas K F Foo
Applied Science Laboratory, GE Medical Systems, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Magn Reson Med 48:699-706. 2002..A mask subtraction scheme using spin echo SSFP-S(-) acquisition is also described to reduce stationary background signal from the delayed SSFP angiography images...
Simultaneous myocardial and fat suppression in magnetic resonance myocardial delayed enhancement imagingThomas K F Foo
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Laboratory, GE Global Research, Niskayuna, New York, USA
J Magn Reson Imaging 26:927-33. 2007..To develop a method for fat suppression in myocardial delayed enhancement (MDE) studies that achieves effective signal intensity reduction in fat but does not perturb myocardial signal suppression...
Association between fetal lymphedema and congenital cardiovascular defects in Turner syndromeMelissa L Loscalzo
McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Pediatrics 115:732-5. 2005..The presence of neck webbing in TS should alert the clinician to the possibility of congenital cardiovascular defects...
Case #8: Intralobar bronchopulmonary sequestrationArash Momeni
School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Mil Med 172:viii-ix. 2007
Estimation of the differential pressure at renal artery stenosesPeter J Yim
UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA
Magn Reson Med 51:969-77. 2004..These results demonstrate that accurate estimates of differential pressure at stenoses may be possible based only on structural and flow images...
Feasibility of integrating high-spatial-resolution 3D breath-hold coronary MR angiography with myocardial perfusion and viability examinationsThomas K F Foo
Applied Science Laboratory, GE Healthcare Technologies, Room 110 MRI, 600 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Radiology 235:1025-30. 2005..Coronary MR angiography performed as part of a first-pass myocardial perfusion and viability assessment MR imaging examination is feasible and does not involve additional imaging time...
