Estimation of brain iron in vivo by means of the interecho time dependence of image contrast

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 153-158

  Ye, Frank Q ^a   Martin, W R Wayne ^a   Allen, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

brain iron; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS;

BRAIN IRON; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; DIFFERENCE IMAGES; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; IMAGING PROTOCOL; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION; TRANSVERSE RELAXATION RATE;

IRON;

IRON; MICROSPHERE; PENTETIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; TIME;

EID: 0029931403     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910360124     Document Type: Article

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