Basic concepts of advanced MRI techniques

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2008, Pages

  Pagani, Elisabetta ^a   Bizzi, Alberto ^b   Salle, Francesco ^c   Stefano, Nicola ^d   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Functional MRI; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetization transfer; Perfusion; Proton MR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ANISOTROPY; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 55649104341     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-008-1001-7     Document Type: Review

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