T1 mapping using spoiled FLASH-EPI hybrid sequences and varying flip angles

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 240-246

  Preibisch, C ^a,b   Deichmann, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 T; Spoiled FLASHEPI hybrid; T1 mapping; Variable flip angles

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAPPING;

ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FAST LOW ANGLE SHOTS; FLIP ANGLE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HYBRID SEQUENCES; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; SPATIAL COVERAGE; SPOILED FLASHEPI HYBRID;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; FAST LOW ANGLE SHOT ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHITE MATTER; ALGORITHM; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MYELINATED NERVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650077674     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21969     Document Type: Article

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