A single-point dixon technique for fat-suppressed fast 3D gradient-echo imaging with a flexible echo time

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 881-890

  Ma, Jingfei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat suppression; Flexible echo time; Region growing phase correction; Single point Dixon technique; T1 weighted contrast agent enhancement

Indexed keywords

FAT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; WATER;

ABDOMEN; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BREAST; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FAT SUPPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE POINT DIXON; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ABDOMEN; BREAST; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 41949130574     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21281     Document Type: Article

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