Fast method for longitudinal relaxation time and water content mapping of the human brain on a clinical MR scanner

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 146, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1341-1346

  Kover F ^a,b   Schwarcz, A ^a   Pal J ^c   Bogner, P ^d   Vajna, T ^b   Vadon, G ^b   Doczi T ^a,c   Minhas, Parvin S ^e   Condon, Barrie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Institute of Diagnostics   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e NONE

Author keywords

MRI; Oedema; Quantification; T 1; Water content

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER CONTENT; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11244344593     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-004-0370-9     Document Type: Article

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