Measurement of short and ultrashort T2 components using progressive binomial RF saturation

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 265-271

  Ropele, Stefan ^a   Enzinger, Christian ^a   Seifert, Thomas ^a   Fazekas, Franz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Liver; MRI; Multicomponent; Relaxometry

Indexed keywords

LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMALS;

FLIP ANGLE; LONGITUDINAL MAGNETIZATION; MULTICOMPONENTS; RELAXOMETRY; RESONANCE OFFSETS; SATURATION PERIODS; T-SYSTEMS; T2 SPECTRUMS;

SATURATION MAGNETIZATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER; MAGNETISM; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; RELAXOMETRY; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM; SWINE;

EID: 33746687839     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20955     Document Type: Article

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