Optimized T1-weighted contrast for single-slab 3D turbo spin-echo imaging with long echo trains: Application to whole-brain imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 982-992

  Park, Jaeseok ^a,c   Mugler III, John P ^b   Horger, Wilhelm ^a   Kiefer, Berthold ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Rapid imaging; Spin echo; T1 contrast; Three dimensional; Variable flip angle

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; SPIN POLARIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

FLIP ANGLE; HIGH SPATIAL FREQUENCY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; NON-SELECTIVE EXCITATIONS; RAPID IMAGING; SPIN ECHO; T1 CONTRAST; TURBO SPIN-ECHO IMAGING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ENERGY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; BRAIN MAPPING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; METHODOLOGY;

BRAIN MAPPING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS;

EID: 35948964075     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21386     Document Type: Article

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