T2-weighted 3D fast spin echo imaging with water-fat separation in a single acquisition

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 745-751

  Madhuranthakam, Ananth J ^a   Yu, Huanzhou ^a   Shimakawa, Ann ^a   Busse, Reed F ^a   Smith, Martin P ^b   Reeder, Scott B ^c   Rofsky, Neil M ^b   Brittain, Jean H ^a   McKenzie, Charles A ^d  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D FSE; 3D T2 weighted imaging; Fat suppression; IDEAL; Water fat separation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BREAST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KNEE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANKLE JOINT; BODY WATER; BREAST; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; REFERENCE VALUES; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 77956298745     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22282     Document Type: Article

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