Selective 3D ultrashort TE imaging: Comparison of "dual-echo" acquisition and magnetization preparation for improving short-T2 contrast

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 83-92

  Rahmer, Jürgen ^a   Blume, Ulrike ^b   Börnert, Peter ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES KOBLENZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D imaging; Long T2 suppression; MR imaging; Musculoskeletal imaging; Ultrashort TE imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETISM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME IMAGING; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHMS; ANKLE JOINT; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34247581820     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-007-0070-6     Document Type: Article

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