MT effects and T1 quantification in single-slice spoiled gradient echo imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 835-845

  Ou, Xiawei ^a,b   Gochberg, Daniel Frank ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gradient echo; Inversion recovery; Magnetization transfer; Steady state

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIZATION; MAMMALS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; EQUILIBRIUM MAGNETIZATION; GRADIENT ECHO; GRADIENT ECHO IMAGING; GRADIENT ECHO SEQUENCES; INVERSION RECOVERY; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; STEADY STATE;

EQUATIONS OF STATE;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; MANGANESE CHLORIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS LINKING; IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ARTIFACTS; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 41849096007     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21550     Document Type: Article

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