title: Small vessels in the human brain: MR venography with deoxyhemoglobin as an intrinsic contrast agent.
abstract: To assess a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging method for depicting small veins in the brain, a three-dimensional, long echo time, gradient-echo sequence that depended on the paramagnetic property of deoxyhemoglobin was used. Veins with diameters smaller than a pixel were depicted. This MR imaging method is easy to implement and may prove helpful in the evaluation of venous diseases.
authors.affiliation: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Reichenbach
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Venkatesan
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Schillinger
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Kido
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Haacke
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D003287:Contrast Media; D006454:Hemoglobins; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D006454:Hemoglobins; C100003:deoxyhemoglobin