MR imaging of the hippocampus: Measurement of T2 with four dual-echo techniques

Radiology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 551-555

  Melhem, Elias R ^a,b   Whitehead, Richard E ^a   Bert, Robert J ^a   Caruthers, Shelton D ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain, MR; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance (MR), pulse sequences; Magnetic resonance (MR), relaxometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 0031758862     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.209.2.9807588     Document Type: Article

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