A new automatic phase mask filter for high-resolution brain venography at 3 T: theoretical background and experimental validation

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 511-519

  Casciaro, Sergio ^a   Bianco, Roberto ^a   Franchini, Roberto ^a   Casciaro, Ernesto ^a   Conversano, Francesco ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

3 T MRI; Automation; BOLD contrast; High resolution brain venography; Phase masking; Venous signal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THEORETICAL STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AUTOMATION; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY;

EID: 77952287469     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.12.025     Document Type: Article

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