Assessment of magnetization transfer effects in myocardial tissue using balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) cine MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 699-705

  Weber, Oliver M ^a,b   Speier, Peter ^c   Scheffler, Klaus ^a   Bieri, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Siemens Schweiz AG   (Switzerland)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balanced SSFP; Cardiac MRI; Magnetization transfer; Myocardial infarct

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIZATION; MOLECULES; TISSUE;

BALANCED SSFP; CARDIAC MRI; CONTRAST MECHANISM; INCREASE IN WATER CONTENT; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER IMAGING (MTI); MYOCARDIAL INFARCTS; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSIONS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDEMA; EXCITATION; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEADY STATE; VOLUNTEER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 69449086284     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22053     Document Type: Article

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