Double inversion recovery MRI with fat suppression at 7 tesla: Initial experience

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-92

  Madelin, Guillaume ^a   Oesingmann, Niels ^b   Inglese, Matilde ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Double inversion recovery; Fat suppression; High field MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOUBLE INVERSION RECOVERY MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049150711     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2008.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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