Spectrally selective B1-insensitive T2 magnetization preparation sequence

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1326-1335

  Nezafat, Reza ^a,e   Ouwerkerk, Ronald ^c   Derbyshire, Andrew J ^b   Stuber, Matthias ^c   McVeigh, Elliot R ^b,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b National Institutes of Health   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiabatic RF; B1 and B0 homogeneity; Contrast enhancement; Fat saturation; High field imaging

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SHIFT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ADIABATIC RF; B1 AND B0 HOMOGENEITY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FAT SUPPRESSION; HIGH FIELD; INHOMOGENEITIES; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

MAGNETIZATION;

OLIVE OIL; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THIGH; ALGORITHM; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 67049165186     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21742     Document Type: Article

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