MR imaging of the knee: Improvement of signal and contrast efficiency of T1-weighted turbo spin echo sequences by applying a driven equilibrium (DRIVE) pulse

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Radlbauer, Rudolf ^a   Lomoschitz, Friedrich ^a   Salomonowitz, Erich ^a   Eberhardt, Knut E ^b   Stadlbauer, Andreas ^a,c  

^a Karl Landsteiner Institute for Implementation of Innovative Techniques in Cardiac Surgery   (Austria)

^b MRT Competence Center Schloss Werneck   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartilage; DRIVE; Knee; MRI

Indexed keywords

BONE; CARTILAGE; DIAGNOSIS; DRIVES; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ACQUISITION TIME; ANATOMIC STRUCTURES; ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; BONE AND CARTILAGES; CONTRAST EFFICIENCY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; KNEE;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 77955852225     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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