Right coronary artery flow velocity and volume assessment with spiral K‐space sampled breathhold velocity‐encoded MRI at 3 tesla: Accuracy and reproducibility

To evaluate accuracy and reproducibility of flow velocity and volume measurements in a phantom and in human coronary arteries using breathhold velocity‐encoded (VE) MRI with spiral k‐space sampling at 3 Tesla.

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