Prepolarized fast spin-echo pulse sequence for low-field MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1180-1184

  Kegler, Christian ^a   Seton, H C ^a   Hutchison, J M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Field cycling; Low field MRI; MRI hardware; Prepolarized MRI; T1 contrast

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ACQUISITION TIME; FAST METHODS; FAST SPIN ECHOS; FIELD-CYCLING; LOW FIELD MRI; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PULSE SEQUENCE; T1 CONTRAST;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREPOLARIZED FAST SPIN ECHO PULSE SEQUENCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WRIST;

EID: 34250373760     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21238     Document Type: Article

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