Echo-spacing optimization for the simultaneous measurement of reversible (R2′) and irreversible (R2) transverse relaxation rates

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-68

  Song, Ruitian ^a   Song, Hee Kwon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Echo spacing; GESFIDE; Gradient echo; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Spin echo; Transverse relaxation rates

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EVALUATION; GRADIENT ECHO SAMPLING OF FREE INDUCTION DECAY AND ECHO; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRREVERSIBLE TRANSVERSE RELAXATION RATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REVERSIBLE TRANSVERSE RELAXATION RATE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; UNCERTAINTY;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33846032704     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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