Single-shot T1 mapping using simultaneous acquisitions of spin- and stimulated-echo-planar imaging (2D ss-SESTEPI)

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 734-742

  Shi, Xianfeng ^a   Kim, Seong Eun ^a   Jeong, Eun Kee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic T1 mapping; EPI; Real time T 1 mapping; SESTEPI; Spin stimulated EPI; STEPI; Stimulated EPI

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIZATION; SPIN POLARIZATION;

REAL TIME; SESTEPI; SPIN/ STIMULATED EPI; STEPI; STIMULATED EPI;

MAPPING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; TWO DIMENSIONAL SINGLE SHOT SPIN AND STIMULATED ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ALGORITHM; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPIN LABELING;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 77956390410     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22367     Document Type: Article

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