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Four-dimensional, flow-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging of blood flow patterns in thoracic aortic dissectionsChristopher J Francois
Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wis Electronic address
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 145:1359-66. 2013..The purpose of this study was to evaluate alterations in flow patterns in thoracic aortic dissections using 4-dimensional, flow-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging...
4D cardiovascular magnetic resonance velocity mapping of alterations of right heart flow patterns and main pulmonary artery hemodynamics in tetralogy of FallotChristopher J Francois
Departments of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53562, USA
J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 14:16. 2012..To assess changes in right heart flow and pulmonary artery hemodynamics in patients with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot (rTOF) we used whole heart, four dimensional (4D) velocity mapping (VM) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)...- Cardiac MRI evaluation of nonischemic cardiomyopathiesChristopher J Francois
Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53792 3252, USA
J Magn Reson Imaging 31:518-30; quiz 517. 2010..Findings on cardiac MRI studies can help distinguish between different types of cardiomyopathies and can provide valuable diagnostic and prognostic information... - Renal arteries: isotropic, high-spatial-resolution, unenhanced MR angiography with three-dimensional radial phase contrastChristopher J Francois
Department of Radiology, Cardiothoracic and MRI Divisions, University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792 3252, USA
Radiology 258:254-60. 2011..To prospectively compare a new three-dimensional (3D) radial phase-contrast magnetic resonance (MR) angiographic method with contrast material-enhanced MR angiography for anatomic assessment of the renal arteries... - Pulmonary vein imaging with unenhanced three-dimensional balanced steady-state free precession MR angiography: initial clinical evaluationChristopher J Francois
Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill, USA
Radiology 250:932-9. 2009.... - Unenhanced MR angiography of the thoracic aorta: initial clinical evaluationChristopher J Francois
Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 190:902-6. 2008.... - Presurgical localization of the artery of Adamkiewicz with time-resolved 3.0-T MR angiographyThorsten A Bley
Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Ave, CSC E1 374, Madison, WI 53792, USA
Radiology 255:873-81. 2010.... - Interleaved variable density sampling with a constrained parallel imaging reconstruction for dynamic contrast-enhanced MR angiographyKang Wang
Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705 2275, USA
Magn Reson Med 66:428-36. 2011.... - Noninvasive assessment of transstenotic pressure gradients in porcine renal artery stenoses by using vastly undersampled phase-contrast MR angiographyThorsten A Bley
Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53705 2275, USA
Radiology 261:266-73. 2011.... 
Left ventricular mass: manual and automatic segmentation of true FISP and FLASH cine MR images in dogs and pigsChristopher J Francois
Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Ill, USA
Radiology 230:389-95. 2004..To evaluate the accuracy of manually and automatically segmented true fast imaging with steady-state precession (FISP) and fast low-angle shot (FLASH) cine magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the determination of left ventricular (LV) mass...- Increased volume of coverage for abdominal contrast-enhanced MR angiography with two-dimensional autocalibrating parallel imaging: initial experience at 3.0 TeslaDarren P Lum
Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin 53792, USA
J Magn Reson Imaging 30:1093-100. 2009..0 Tesla (T) using a new 2D-accelerated autocalibrating parallel reconstruction method for Cartesian sampling (2D-ARC)... - Four-dimensional phase contrast MRI With accelerated dual velocity encodingElizabeth J Nett
Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
J Magn Reson Imaging 35:spcone. 2012..To validate a novel approach for accelerated four-dimensional phase contrast MR imaging (4D PC-MRI) with an extended range of velocity sensitivity... - Three-dimensional imaging of ventilation dynamics in asthmatics using multiecho projection acquisition with constrained reconstructionJames H Holmes
Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Magn Reson Med 62:1543-56. 2009..While multidetector CT can provide information about static regional air trapping, it is unable to depict dynamics in a setting more comparable to a spirometry maneuver and explore the longitudinal time evolution of the trapped regions... - Fat and water magnetic resonance imagingThorsten A Bley
Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
J Magn Reson Imaging 31:4-18. 2010..This enables the reader to understand the reasons why some fat suppression methods work better than others in specific clinical settings... - Dynamic four-dimensional MR angiography of the chest and abdomenMichael Griffin
Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792, USA
Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 17:77-90. 2009..This article reviews the techniques used to perform four-dimensional CE-MRA and provides an overview of how to use these techniques in CE-MRA of the chest and abdomen... - Four-dimensional phase contrast MRI with accelerated dual velocity encodingElizabeth J Nett
Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53705 2275, USA
J Magn Reson Imaging 35:1462-71. 2012..To validate a novel approach for accelerated four-dimensional phase contrast MR imaging (4D PC-MRI) with an extended range of velocity sensitivity... - Coronary magnetic resonance angiography using magnetization-prepared contrast-enhanced breath-hold volume-targeted imaging (MPCE-VCATS)Carina W Yang
Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
Invest Radiol 41:639-44. 2006.... - In vivo three-dimensional MR wall shear stress estimation in ascending aortic dilatationErik T Bieging
Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin 53792 3252, USA
J Magn Reson Imaging 33:589-97. 2011.... - Comparison of 3D free-breathing coronary MR angiography and 64-MDCT angiography for detection of coronary stenosis in patients with high calcium scoresXin Liu
Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, 448 E Ontario St, Ste 700, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 189:1326-32. 2007..The objective of our study was to compare the diagnostic performance of coronary MR angiography (MRA) and 64-MDCT angiography (MDCTA) for the detection of significant stenosis (> or = 50%) in patients with high calcium scores... - MRI of the thoracic aortaChristopher J Francois
Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Medical School and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 676 St Clair Street, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Cardiol Clin 25:171-84, vii. 2007..DSA is used primarily as a first-line investigation in the setting of trauma. Several other techniques also have been used in recent years, including CT and MRI. This article focuses primarily on the latter... - Magnetic resonance angiography: current status and future directionsMichael P Hartung
Department of Radiology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, USA
J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 13:19. 2011..0 T, novel contrast agents, and parallel imaging methods. The risks of gadolinium-based contrast media, and the NCE-MRA methods of time-of-flight, steady-state free precession, and phase contrast are discussed... - Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: nonenhanced volumetric CT for follow-upThorsten A Bley
Departments of Radiology, Statistics, and Vascular Surgery, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI 53792, USA
Radiology 253:253-62. 2009.... - Four-dimensional phase contrast magnetic resonance angiography: potential clinical applicationsAlex Frydrychowicz
Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin Madison, United States
Eur J Radiol 80:24-35. 2011..Thereby, exciting new opportunities for vascular imaging and diagnosis are available... - Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction: reproducibility of hyperpolarized 3He MR imagingDavid J Niles
Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, 1111 Highland Ave, Room 1005, Madison, WI 53705 2275, USA
Radiology 266:618-25. 2013..To quantitatively evaluate interday, interreader, and intersite agreement of readers of hyperpolarized helium 3 (HPHe) MR images in patients with exercise-induced bronchoconstriction... - Analysis of cardiopulmonary transit times at contrast material-enhanced MR imaging in patients with heart diseaseChristopher J Francois
Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Ill, USA
Radiology 227:447-52. 2003..CONCLUSION: Transit times measured with MR imaging may help in discrimination between patients with and patients without heart disease, independently of other cardiac functional parameters...