Optimization of 3D MP-RAGE for neonatal brain imaging at 3.0 T

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1162-1170

  Williams, Lori Anne ^a,b   DeVito, Timothy J ^a,b   Winter, Jeff D ^a,b   Orr, Timothy N ^a,b   Thompson, R Terry ^a,b   Gelman, Neil ^a,b  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

3.0 T MRI; 3D imaging; MP RAGE; Neonatal brain; RF spoiling; Sequence optimization; T1 weighted

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL MAGNETIZATION PREPARED RAPID GRADIENT ECHO IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34648840039     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2007.01.119     Document Type: Article

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