MTR variations in normal adult brain structures using balanced steady-state free precession

Neuroradiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 159-167

  Garcia, Meritxell ^a   Gloor, Monika ^a   Bieri, Oliver ^a   Wetzel, Stephan G ^a   Radue, Ernst Wilhelm ^a   Scheffler, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Balanced steady state free precession (BSSFP); High resolution imaging; Magnetization transfer ratio (MTR); Normative MTR values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN STRUCTURE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; STEADY STATE; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79954424287     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0714-5     Document Type: Article

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