Time-resolved three-dimensional (3D) phase-contrast (PC) balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP)

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 966-974

  Santini, Francesco ^a   Wetzel, Stephan G ^a   Bock, Jelena ^b   Markl, Michael ^b   Scheffler, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balanced SSFP; Cerebrospinal fluid; Eddy currents; Phase contrast; Quantification

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BRAIN; EDDY CURRENTS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BALANCED SSFP; CEREBRO SPINAL FLUIDS; CHIARI MALFORMATIONS; HIGH SIGNALTO-NOISE RATIOS (SNR); PHASE CONTRASTS; QUANTIFICATION; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSIONS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID;

ACCURACY; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FLOW RATE; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; PHANTOM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 70349632621     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22087     Document Type: Article

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