Magnetization transfer or spin-lock? An investigation of off-resonance saturation pulse imaging with varying frequency offsets

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 805-819

  Ulmer, John L ^a,b   Mathews, Vincent P ^a   Hamilton, Craig A ^a   Elster, Allen D ^a   Moran, Paul R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance, experimental; Magnetic resonance, magnetization transfer

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CORN OIL; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; MANGANESE CHLORIDE; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; STROKE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGAR; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHLORIDES; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORN OIL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MEGLUMINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PENTETIC ACID; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; WATER;

EID: 0029983511     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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