Three-dimensional T1 mapping of the mouse heart using variable flip angle steady-state MR imaging

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-162

  Coolen, Bram F ^a   Geelen, Tessa ^a   Paulis, Leonie E M ^a   Nauerth, Arno ^b   Nicolay, Klaas ^a   Strijkers, Gustav J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b BRUKER BIOSPIN GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mouse cardiac MR; Myocardial infarction; Retrospective triggering; T1 mapping

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC MR; CARDIAC MRI; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; FLIP ANGLE; HIGH QUALITY; MOUSE HEART; MR IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUANTITATIVE IMAGING; REPETITION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE TRIGGERING; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; T1 MAPPING;

BLOOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAPPING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HEART;

GADOTERIDOL;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

MUS;

ANIMALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79951831257     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1566     Document Type: Article

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