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Recent developments in magnetic resonance (MR) allow high resolution imaging of flowing blood. To overcome the tomographic nature of conventional MR acquisitions, projection angiograms can be produced. These angiograms are similar in their display of blood vessels to plain film or digital subtraction angiograms. However, the three-dimensional information inherent in them is partly lost when single projections are viewed. We describe a method of three-dimensional display consisting of stereo pairs of the MR angiograms. With these an examiner experienced in stereo viewing can recover depth perception.
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Wentz, K.U., Mattle, H.P., Edelman, R.R. et al. Stereoscopic display of MR angiograms. Neuroradiology 33, 123–125 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00588249
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