Clinical ultrashort echo time imaging of bone and other connective tissues

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 765-780

  Robson, Matthew D ^a   Bydder, Graeme M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connective tissue; Cortical bone; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pulse sequences; Short T2 tissues; Ultrashort echo time

Indexed keywords

BONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIZATION; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CONNECTIVE TISSUES; ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

COLLAGEN; GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM CHELATE; IRON OXIDE; WATER;

BONE TISSUE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGAMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIOSTEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPINE; TENDON;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33751368661     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1100     Document Type: Review

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