Gray matter-white matter contrast on spin-echo T1-weighted images at 3 T and 1.5 T: A quantitative comparison study

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2921-2925

  Fushimi, Yasutaka ^a   Miki, Yukio ^a   Urayama, Shin Ichi ^a   Okada, Tsutomu ^a   Mori, Nobuyuki ^a   Hanakawa, Takashi ^a,b   Fukuyama, Hidenao ^a   Togashi, Kaori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; High field MR; Magnetic resonance imaging; T1 weighted image

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; VOLUNTEER; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 35349001856     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0688-9     Document Type: Article

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