Human rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement imaging at 8 T without specific absorption rate violation

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 81-84

  Kangarlu, A ^a   Abduljalil, A M ^a   Schwarzbauer, C ^b   Norris, D G ^b   Robitaille, P M L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pulse energy; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032738299     PISSN: 13528661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-8661(99)00048-4     Document Type: Article

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