Spin-echo T1-weighted Imaging of the Brain with Interleaved Acquisition and Presaturation Pulse at 3 T. A Feasibility Study Before Clinical Use

Academic Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 852-857

  Kasahara, Seiko ^a   Miki, Yukio ^a   Mori, Nobuyuki ^a   Urayama, Shin ichi ^a   Kanagaki, Mitsunori ^a   Fushimi, Yasutaka ^a   Maeda, Chikara ^a   Sawamoto, Nobukatsu ^a   Fukuyama, Hidenao ^a   Togashi, Kaori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 T; brain; Spin echo sequence; T1 weighted image

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPIN ECHO T1 WEIGHTED IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 66649089515     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.12.026     Document Type: Article

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