A comparative study at 3 T of sequence dependence of T2 quantitation in the knee

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1215-1220

  Pai, Alex ^a   Li, Xiaojuan ^b   Majumdar, Sharmila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Magnetic resonance imaging; Quantitation; T2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CARTILAGE; COILED BODY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 55049097999     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2008.02.017     Document Type: Article

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