Cardiac T2* and lipid measurement at 3.0 T-initial experience

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 800-805

  O'Regan, Declan P ^a   Callaghan, Martina F ^a   Fitzpatrick, Julie ^a   Naoumova, Rossi P ^b   Hajnal, Joseph V ^a   Schmitz, Stephan A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lipid; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VOLUNTEER; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTIFACT; HEART; HISTOLOGY; IRON OVERLOAD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 41449116421     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0814-8     Document Type: Article

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