Consequences of T2 relaxation during half-pulse slice selection for ultrashort TE imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 610-615

  Robson, Matthew D ^a   Gatehouse, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Half pulse excitation; Relaxation; Slice selection; UTE

Indexed keywords

EXCITATION PULSE; PULSE EXCITATION; PULSE SEQUENCE; RADIO-FREQUENCY PULSE; RELAXATION; SLICE SELECTION; TRANSVERSE RELAXATION; ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HALF PULSE SLICE SELECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIMULATION; ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77955110162     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22323     Document Type: Article

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