Spin-echo micro-MRI of trabecular bone using improved 3D fast large-angle spin-echo (FLASE)

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1114-1121

  Magland, J F ^a   Wald, M J ^a   Wehrli, F W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

FLASE; Micro MRI; Microarchitecture; Spin echo; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

BONE; SPIN POLARIZATION;

FLASE; MICRO ARCHITECTURES; MICRO-MRI; SPIN ECHO; TRABECULAR BONES;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

PROTON; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BONE MARROW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAST LARGE ANGLE SPIN ECHO; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPIN ECHO MICRO MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; T2 RELAXATION TIME; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 66149109238     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21905     Document Type: Article

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