Magnetic resonance imaging of the body trunk using a single-slab, 3-dimensional, T2-weighted turbo-spin-echo sequence with high sampling efficiency (SPACE) for high spatial resolution imaging: Initial clinical experiences

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 754-760

  Lichy, Matthias Philipp ^a   Wietek, Beate M ^a   Mugler III, John P ^b   Horger, Wilhelm ^c   Menzel, Marion Irene ^c   Anastasiadis, Aristotelis ^a   Siegmann, Katja ^a   Niemeyer, Thomas ^a   Königsrainer, Arnulf ^a   Kiefer, Berthold ^c   Schick, Fritz ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Schlemmer, Heinz Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D MRI; Pelvis; SPACE; Spine; T2w; Turbo spin echo; Whole body

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRUNK;

EID: 28044467524     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000185880.92346.9e     Document Type: Article

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