In vivo gradient echo microimaging of rodent spinal cord at 7 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 789-791

  Meyerand, Mary E ^a   Cremillieux, Yannick ^a,b   Wadghiri, Youssef Zaim ^a   Azzawi, Ali ^a,c   Hoopes, Paul J ^a   Dunn, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c SMIS Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

7 Tesla; Microimaging; Microscopy; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

7 TESLAS; GRADIENT ECHO; GRADIENT ECHO IMAGING; MICRO-IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION SCHEME; PIXEL SIZE; SPINAL CORDS; WHITE MATTER;

MAMMALS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; GRAY MATTER; IMAGING; NONHUMAN; RAT; RODENT; SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031726508     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910400521     Document Type: Article

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