Three-dimensional quantitative magnetisation transfer imaging of the human brain

NeuroImage

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 436-441

  Cercignani, Mara ^a   Symms, Mark R ^a   Schmierer, Klaus ^a   Boulby, Philip A ^a   Tozer, Daniel J ^a   Ron, Maria ^a   Tofts, Paul S ^a   Barker, Gareth J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross relaxation; Magnetisation transfer; Structural MRI; White matter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN TISSUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAGNETISM; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 23044468243     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.04.031     Document Type: Article

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