Optimized clinical T2 relaxometry with a standard CPMG sequence

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-252

  Pell, Gaby S ^a   Briellmann, Regula S ^a,b   Waites, Anthony B ^a   Abbott, David F ^a   Lewis, David P ^c   Jackson, Graeme D ^a  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

CPMG; Pulse sequence design; Relaxometry; Sequence optimization; T2

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 31944450422     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20490     Document Type: Article

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