Linear combination filtering for T2-selective imaging of the knee

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1191-1196

  Vidarsson, Logi ^a,b   Gold, Garry E ^b   Hargreaves, Brian ^b   Pauly, John M ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage imaging; Meniscus imaging; Osteoarthritis; T2 relaxation; T2 relaxometry

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ACQUISITION; RELAXATION TIME; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; CARTILAGE DAMAGE; CARTILAGE IMAGING; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RELAXOMETRY; SELECTIVE IMAGING; T2 RELAXATION;

PASSIVE FILTERS;

ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CASE REPORT; FILTER; FILTER DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; KNEE; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LINEAR COMBINATION FILTERING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYNOVIAL FLUID; T2 RELAXATION; T2 RELAXOMETRY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33646446426     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20878     Document Type: Article

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