Rapid quantitation of magnetization transfer using pulsed off-resonance irradiation and echo planar imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-109

  Tyler, Damian J ^a   Gowland, Penny A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EPI; Magnetization transfer; Quantitation; Rapid measurement

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION;

CONTINUOUS WAVE IRRADIATIONS; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; OFF-RESONANCE IRRADIATION; QUANTITATION; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; RAPID MEASUREMENT; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; TRANSVERSE RELAXATION TIME;

MAGNETIZATION;

AGAR;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; GEL; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 12144282016     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20323     Document Type: Article

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