Rapid Whole-brain magnetic resonance imaging with isotropic resolution at 3 tesla

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-59

  Edelman, Robert R ^a,b,e   Dunkle, Eugene ^a   Koktzoglou, Ioannis ^a,b   Griffin, Andrew ^a   Russell, Eric J ^b,c   Ankenbrandt, William ^a,b   Ragin, Ann ^a,b   Carrillo, Andres ^d  

^a EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern Radiology   (United States)

^d GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^e G534   (United States)

Author keywords

3 dimensional; Brain pulse sequence; Magnetic resonance imaging; T1 contrast

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65349176498     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31818eee3c     Document Type: Article

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