Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 595-602 , 2008

Coronary artery flow measurement using navigator echo gated phase contrast magnetic resonance velocity mapping at 3.0T

  • Kevin Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • ,
  • Puneet Sharma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • ,
  • John Oshinski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • Department of Radiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Tel.: +14047275894; fax: +14047273887.

,Accepted 13 October 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.10.010

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 595-602 , 2008

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