Optimized interleaved whole-brain 3D double inversion recovery (DIR) sequence for imaging the neocortex

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1181-1186

  Boulby, P A ^a,c   Symms, M R ^a   Barker, G J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D; Cortex; Double inversion recovery; Gray matter; Imaging

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RECOVERY;

CORTEX; DOUBLE-INVERSION-RECOVERY; GRAY MATTER; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS; PARTIAL VOLUME EFFECT; WHOLE BRAINS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOUBLE INVERSION RECOVERY; GRAY MATTER; IMAGE QUALITY; NEOCORTEX; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 2942714873     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20088     Document Type: Article

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