Determination of T(1ρ) values for head and neck tissues at 0.1 T: A comparison to T1 and T2 relaxation times

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 377-383

  Markkola, Antti T ^a   Aronen, Hannu J ^a   Ramadan, Usama Abo ^a   Halavaara, Juha T ^a   Tanttu, Jukka I ^a   Sepponen, Raimo E ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Head and neck imaging; Magnetic resonance (MR); Spin lock imaging; T(1 ) imaging; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; LYMPH NODE; NECK; PAROTID GLAND; REFERENCE VALUE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TONGUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; HEAD; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PAROTID GLAND; REFERENCE VALUES; TONGUE;

EID: 0031596504     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(98)00013-7     Document Type: Article

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