Reduction of susceptibility-induced signal losses in multi-gradient-echo images: Application to improved visualization of the subthalamic nucleus

NeuroImage

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1135-1143

  Volz, Steffen ^a   Hattingen, Elke ^b   Preibisch, Christine ^a   Gasser, Thomas ^b   Deichmann, Ralf ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Field inhomogeneity; Gradient echo; STN; Subthalamic nucleus; T2* contrast

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GRADIENT ECHO IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RED NUCLEUS; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 62049086032     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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