Enhanced gray and white matter contrast of phase susceptibility-weighted images in ultra-high-field magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 284-290

  Abduljalil, Amir M ^a,c   Schmalbrock, Petra ^a   Novak, Vera ^b   Chakeres, Donald W ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain anatomy; High field; High resolution imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic susceptibility; Phase imaging

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0041827280     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10362     Document Type: Article

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