A fast 3D look-locker method for volumetric T1 mapping

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1163-1171

  Henderson, Elizabeth ^a   McKinnon, Graeme ^d   Lee, Ting Yim ^a,b,c   Rutt, Brian K ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Longitudinal relaxation time; Look Locker; T1 3D

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032831184     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(99)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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