Magic sandwich echo relaxation mapping of anisotropic systems

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 433-438

  Regatte, Ravinder R ^a   Schweitzer, Mark E ^a   Jerschow, Alexej ^b   Reddy, Ravinder ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Dipolar contrast; Magic sandwich echo

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; COW; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGIC SANDWICH ECHO IMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ACHILLES TENDON; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BOVINAE;

EID: 33947122223     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2006.09.035     Document Type: Article

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