Spatially selective T2 and T2* measurement with line-scan echo-planar spectroscopic imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 90-96

  Chen, Nan Kuei ^a   Oshio, Koichi ^a,b   Panych, Lawrence P ^a   Rybicki, Frank J ^a   Mulkern, Robert V ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Echo planar spectroscopic imaging; fMRI; Line scan; T2 mapping

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BRAIN; DATA ACQUISITION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NEUROLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BLOOD OXYGENATION LEVEL DEPENDENT (BOLD); BRAIN TISSUE; SPECTRAL DOMAIN ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; T2 MAPPING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS;

EID: 7544220322     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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