Simultaneous quantification of T2 and T′2 using a combined gradient echo-spin echo sequence at ultrahigh field

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1440-1445

  Cox, Eleanor F ^a   Gowland, Penny A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

7.0 T; Brain; GESSE

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ERRORS;

7.0 T; FIELD STRENGTHS; GESSE; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; NON-LINEAR FIT; RF-INHOMOGENEITY; TIMING PARAMETERS; ULTRA-HIGH FIELDS;

SPIN POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; DENSITY GRADIENT; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; WHITE MATTER; ALGORITHM; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

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

EID: 78349254962     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22522     Document Type: Article

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