Magnetization transfer contrast imaging in bovine and human cortical bone applying an ultrashort echo time sequence at 3 Tesla

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1040-1048

  Springer, Fabian ^a,b   Martirosian, Petros ^a   Machann, Jürgen ^a   Schwenzer, Nina F ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a   Schick, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Section on Experimental Radiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical bone; Magnetization transfer; Ultrashort echo time imaging; Whole body MR scanner

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HISTOLOGY; MAGNETIZATION; MAMMALS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MOLECULES; SCANNING; TISSUE;

CORTICAL BONE; HUMAN CORTICAL BONE; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER CONTRASTS; MANGANESE CHLORIDE; MR SCANNERS; RESONANT EXCITATION; ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME;

BONE;

AGAR; MANGANESE CHLORIDE; POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORTICAL BONE; COW; GEL; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; SATURATION EFFECT; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOLID; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA; ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME SEQUENCE; WHOLE BODY MRI; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

EID: 66149150655     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21866     Document Type: Article

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