Improving image quality and T1 measurements using saturation recovery turboFLASH with an approximate K-space normalisation filter

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-167

  Parker, Geoffrey J M ^a   Baustert, Isabelle ^a   Tanner, Steven F ^a   Leach, Martin O ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic imaging; K space correction; Saturation recovery turboFLASH; T1 measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EVOLUTION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PELVIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034063192     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(99)00124-1     Document Type: Article

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