High-resolution imaging with high and ultra high-field magnetic resonance imaging systems

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-13

  Nakada, Tsutomu ^a,b   Matsuzawa, Hitoshi ^a   Kwee, Ingrid L ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance microscopy; Senile plaque; Susceptibility weighted imaging; Three dimensional anisotropy contrast

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 40349087301     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282f2e00b     Document Type: Article

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