Improved in vivo measurement of myocardial transverse relaxation with 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 684-689

  Cobb, Jared Guthrie ^a,b   Paschal, Cynthia B ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3T; Myocardium; Relaxation; Transverse

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69449108665     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21877     Document Type: Article

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