Enhancing gray-to-white matter contrast in 3T T1 spin-echo brain scans by optimizing flip angle

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2000-2004

  Schmitz, Bernd L ^a   Grön, Georg ^a   Brausewetter, Florian ^a   Hoffmann, Martin H K ^a   Aschoff, Andrik J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGIST; BRAIN; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; BRAIN; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 32944469184     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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