MR relaxation times in human brain: Measurement at 4 T

Radiology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 773-779

  Jezzard, Peter ^a   Duewell, Stefan ^a,b   Balaban, Robert S ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain, MR; Magnetic resonance (MR), high field strength imaging; Magnetic resonance (MR), pulse sequences; Magnetic resonance (MR), relaxometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0029951842     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.3.8638004     Document Type: Article

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