Repeatability of T1-quantification in dGEMRIC for three different acquisition techniques: Two-dimensional inversion recovery, three-dimensional look locker, and three-dimensional variable flip angle

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1203-1209

  Siversson, Carl ^a   Tiderius, Carl Johan ^a   Neuman, Paul ^a   Dahlberg, Leif ^a   Svensson, Jonas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cartilage; dGEMRIC; Look locker; Repeatability; Reproducibility; Variable flip angle

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED GADOLINIUM ENHANCED MRI OF CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPEATABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL LOOK LOCKER; THREE DIMENSIONAL VARIABLE FLIP ANGLE; TWO DIMENSIONAL INVERSION RECOVERY;

ALGORITHMS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77951573905     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22159     Document Type: Article

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