Rapid imaging of articular cartilage with steady-state free precession and multipoint fat-water separation

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 357-362

  Reeder, Scott B ^a   Pelc, Norbert J ^a   Alley, Marcus T ^a   Gold, Garry E ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; KNEE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0037306841     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.2.1800357     Document Type: Article

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