High-speed imaging at 3 tesla: A technical and clinical review with an emphasis on whole-brain 3D imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 177-187

  Naganawa, Shinji ^a   Kawai, Hisashi ^a   Fukatsu, Hiroshi ^a   Ishigaki, Takeo ^a   Komada, Tomomi ^a   Maruyama, Katsuya ^b   Takizawa, Osamu ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; High resolution; Isotropic; Ultra high field; Variable flip angle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26944435564     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.3.177     Document Type: Review

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