Measuring the Absolute Water Content of the Brain Using Quantitative MRI

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 711, Issue , 2011, Pages 29-64

  Shah, Nadim Joni ^a,b   Ermer, Veronika ^a   Oros Peusquens, Ana Maria ^a,c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brain imaging; Quantitative imaging; T 1 mapping; T 2 * mapping; T 2 mapping; water mapping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WATER; BRAIN; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN SHEATH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

BODY WATER; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELIN SHEATH; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 79955649370     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61737-992-5_3     Document Type: Chapter

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