Qualitative and quantitative ultrashort echo time (UTE) imaging of cortical bone

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 304-311

  Du, Jiang ^a   Carl, Michael ^b   Bydder, Mark ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^b   Chung, Christine B ^a   Bydder, Graeme M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiabatic inversion; Bone water concentration; Projection reconstruction; Relaxation times; Ultrashort TE

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC INVERSION; ADIABATIC INVERSION PULSE; BONE WATER; BONE WATER CONCENTRATION; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CORTICAL BONE; ECHO TIME; IN-VIVO; PROJECTION RECONSTRUCTION; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SIGNAL SUPPRESSION; ULTRASHORT TE; VOXEL SIZE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); QUALITY CONTROL; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BONE;

WATER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE; CADAVER; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; TIBIA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BONE AND BONES; CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TIBIA; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649449575     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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