Diagnostic Quality Assessment of the bSSFP Dixon Method for NCE MRA
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CE MRA NCE MRA p ̃ x ql qu ̃ x ql qu LRA Ost. 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.5 5.0 0.51 Prox. 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.5 5.0 0.51 Dist. 4.0 3.0 5.0 3.0 2.8 3.0 0.11 Bran. 2.5 1.8 3.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.06 RRA Ost. 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.3 5.0 0.46 Prox. 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 3.5 5.0 0.29 Dist. 4.0 3.0 5.0 2.5 1.8 3.3 0.16 Bran. 2.0 1.8 3.5 1.0 1.0 1.3 0.13 Aorta 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.8 5.0 0.51 Overall 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 2.8 4.0 0.07 Diagnostic Quality Assessment of the bSSFP Dixon Method for NCE MRA
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