Limits of 8-Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging Spatial Resolution of the Deoxygenated Cerebral Microvasculature

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 303-307

  Dashner, Roger A ^a   Kangarlu, Allahyar ^a   Clark, David L ^a   RayChaudhury, Abhik ^a   Chakeres, Donald W ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Blood vessels; BOLD; Brain; High resolution; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Veins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CADAVER; DEOXYGENATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROTOME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

BRAIN; CADAVER; CEREBRAL VEINS; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MICROCIRCULATION; OXYGEN;

EID: 1542378959     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20006     Document Type: Article

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