Quantitative comparison of conventional spin echo and fast spin echo during brain myelination

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 867-871

  Shaw, Dennis W W ^a,c   Weinberger, Ed ^a   Astley, Susan J ^a   Tsuruda, Jay S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, development; Brain, myelination; Magnetic resonance imaging, physics and instrumentation

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN, MYELINATION; GRAY MATTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING PHYSICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, PHYSIC AND INSTRUMENTATION; MYELINATION; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; T2 WEIGHTED; WEIGHTED SEQUENCES; WHITE MATTER;

SPIN POLARIZATION;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MYELINATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031473833     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199711000-00004     Document Type: Article

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