Fast high-resolution brain imaging with balanced SSFP: Interpretation of quantitative magnetization transfer towards simple MTR

NeuroImage

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 202-211

  Garcia, M ^a   Gloor, M ^a   Radue, E W ^a   Stippich, Ch ^a   Wetzel, S G ^b   Scheffler, K ^a   Bieri, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b KLINIK HIRSLANDEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Balanced steady state free precession (bSSFP); Brain imaging; Magnetization transfer ratio (MTR); Quantitative magnetization transfer (qMT)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BALANCED STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN CORTEX; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER RATIO; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; RELAXATION TIME; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80054104412     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.07.038     Document Type: Article

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