Variable TE gradient and spin echo sequences for in vivo MR microscopy of short T2 species

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 251-258

  Song, Hee Kwon ^a   Wehrli, Felix W ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

MRI; NMR microscopy; Skin; Variable echo time

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SIGNAL ENCODING; SKIN; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ECHO TIME; INTENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; MICROSCOPIC RESOLUTION; NMR MICROSCOPY; RESONANCE CONDITION; SIMPLE APPROACH; SPATIAL FREQUENCY; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; IMAGE QUALITY; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0031931843     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910390212     Document Type: Article

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