A method for generating magnetic resonance microimaging T2 maps with low sensitivity to diffusion

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 423-425

  Mlynárik, Vladimír ^a   Degrassi, Anna ^a   Toffanin, Renato ^a,d   Jarh, Orest ^b   Vittur, Franco ^c  

^a POLY biós Research Centre   (Italy)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d Area di Ricerca   (Italy)

Author keywords

cartilage; diffusion; MR microimaging; relaxation

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; DIFFUSION; MOLECULES;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; EXPERIMENTAL ERRORS; LOW SENSITIVITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE MICROIMAGING; MICRO-IMAGING; PULSE SEQUENCE; RELAXATION; SELF-DIFFUSION OF WATER;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; DIFFUSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0030067851     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910350321     Document Type: Article

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