Quantitative proton MRI and MRS of the rat brain with a 3T clinical MR scanner;Analyse quantitative en IRM et spectroscopie RM du proton du cerveau du rat sur une IRM clinique 3T

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 90-97

  Aradi, M ^a   Steier, R ^a   Bukovics, P ^a   Szalay, C ^a   Perlaki, G ^a   Orsi, G ^a   Pal J ^a   Janszky, J ^a   Doczi T ^a   Schwarcz, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Brain; Clinical scanner; MRI; Rat; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; WATER; ASPARTIC ACID; N-ACETYLASPARTATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; METABOLITE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RELAXATION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ALGORITHM; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WISTAR RAT;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROTON MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79955542004     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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