A standardised method for measuring magnetisation transfer ratio on MR imagers from different manufacturers - The EuroMT sequence

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 76-80

  Barker, G J ^a,j   Schreiber, W G ^b   Gass, A ^c,d   Ranjeva, J P ^e,f   Campi, A ^g   Van Waesberghe, J H T M ^h   Franconi, J M ⁱ   Watt, H C ^a,k   Tofts, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e CHU PURPAN   (France)

^f University of Aix Marseille   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ CNRS University Bordeaux Segalen   (France)

^j KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Magnetisation transfer; Pulse sequence design

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETISM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING; STANDARDIZATION; VOLUNTEER; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 20044373896     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-004-0095-z     Document Type: Article

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