Fast spin-echo triple-echo dixon (fTED) technique for efficient T 2-weighted water and fat imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-109

  Ma, Jingfei ^a   Jong, Bum Son ^a,b   Zhou, Yuxiang ^a   Le Petross, Huong ^a   Choi, Haesun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dixon imaging; Fast spin echo; Fast triple echo dixon; Parallel imaging; Water and fat

Indexed keywords

IMAGE CODING; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ALTERNATING POLARITY; FAST SPIN ECHOS; FAST TRIPLE-ECHO DIXON; FREQUENCY ENCODING; FULLY AUTOMATED; PARALLEL IMAGING; POSTPROCESSING ALGORITHMS; RECEIVER BANDWIDTHS;

SEPARATION;

WATER;

ABDOMEN; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 34547736137     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21268     Document Type: Article

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