Fast 3D 1H spectroscopic imaging at 3 tesla using spectroscopic missing-pulse SSFP with 3D spatial preselection

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-89

  Schuster, Christian ^a,b   Dreher, Wolfgang ^a,b   Geppert, Christian ^a,b   Leibfritz, Dieter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Center for Advanced Imaging Bremen Magdeburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

1H; Human brain; Metabolites; Spectroscopic imaging; SSFP

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; METABOLISM; METABOLITES;

HUMAN BRAIN; MR SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; PROCESSING APPROACH; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; SSFP; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSIONS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

LIPID; WATER; PROTON;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; METABOLITE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROSCOPIC MISSING PULSE STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME PERCEPTION; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY;

BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETICS; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS;

EID: 33846095903     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21105     Document Type: Article

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