Quantitative magnetization transfer in in vivo healthy human skeletal muscle at 3 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1739-1748

  Sinclair, Christopher D J ^a,b   Samson, Rebecca S ^a   Thomas, David L ^c   Weiskopf, Nikolaus ^a   Lutti, Antoine ^a   Thornton, John S ^a,b   Golay, Xavier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cross relaxation; magnetization transfer; muscle; quantitative MRI

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LAKES; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION;

CROSS RELAXATION; FAST LOW ANGLE SHOTS; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER RATIO; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; QUANTITATIVE MRIS; RADIO-FREQUENCY FIELDS; REGION-OF-INTEREST ANALYSIS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LEG MUSCLE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 78649618533     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22562     Document Type: Article

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