Water proton T1 measurements in brain tissue at 7, 3, and 1.5T using IR-EPI, IR-TSE, and MPRAGE: Results and optimization

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 121-130

  Wright, P J ^a   Mougin, O E ^a   Totman, J J ^a   Peters, A M ^a   Brookes, M J ^a   Coxon, R ^a   Morris, P E ^a   Clemence, M ^b   Francis, S T ^a   Bowtell, R W ^a   Gowland, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

High field; Optimization; Pulse sequences; Relaxometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TISSUE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PUTAMEN; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 41849085205     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-008-0104-8     Document Type: Article

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