Rapid high-resolution three-dimensional mapping of T1 and age-dependent variations in the non-human primate brain using magnetization-prepared rapid gradient-echo (MPRAGE) sequence

NeuroImage

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1154-1163

  Liu, Junjie V ^a   Bock, Nicholas A ^a,b   Silva, Afonso C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Development; Longitudinal relaxation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Relaxometry

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALLITRICHINAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIZATION PREPARED RAPID GRADIENT ECHO; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CALLITHRIX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GADOLINIUM DTPA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79955479300     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.02.075     Document Type: Article

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