Steady state free precession magnetization transfer imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1261-1266

  Bieri, Oliver ^a,d   Mamisch, Tallas C ^b   Trattnig, Siegfried ^c   Scheffler, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Magnetization transfer; MT; MTR; SSFP; Steady state

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

IMAGE DEGRADATION; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER IMAGING (MTI); MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER RATIO; SSFP; STEADY STATE; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSIONS; ULTRA-HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS;

MAGNETIZATION;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CARTILAGE; DEGRADATION; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEADY STATE; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION MAGNETIZATION IMAGE TRANSFER;

EID: 55749114894     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21781     Document Type: Article

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