Gleaning multicomponent T1 and T2 information from steady-state imaging data

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1372-1387

  Deoni, Sean C L ^a,b,f   Rutt, Brian K ^c   Arun, Tarunya ^b   Pierpaoli, Carlo ^d   Jones, Derek K ^e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human brain imaging; Multicomponent relaxation; Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging; Steadystate imaging; T1; T2

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS; HUMAN BRAIN; LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE RELAXATION TIME; MULTICOMPONENTS; PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUANTITATIVE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELAXATION ANALYSIS;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEADY STATE; WHITE MATTER; ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 57149110446     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21704     Document Type: Article

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