Whole-brain single-shot STEAM DTI at 4 tesla utilizing transverse coherences for enhanced SNR

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 372-380

  Stöcker, Tony ^a   Kaffanke, Joachim ^a   Shah, N Jon ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor; Extended phase graphs; Stimulated echoes; Variable flip angles

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEAM; TENSORS;

COMPUTATIONAL ALGORITHM; DIFFUSION TENSOR; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGES; FLIP ANGLE; PHASE GRAPHS; STIMULATED ECHOES; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIZATION;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; GEOMETRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 60549105032     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21853     Document Type: Article

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