Susceptibility-resistant variable-flip-angle turbo spin echo imaging for reliable estimation of cortical thickness: A feasibility study

NeuroImage

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 377-388

  Lee, Hyunyeol ^a   Kim, Eung Yeop ^b   Yang, Kyung Sook ^c   Park, Jaeseok ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cortical thickness; Magnetic resonance imaging; MP RAGE; Spin echo; Susceptibility; Variable flip angle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOCH EQUATION; BLOOD; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERIOR PREFRONTAL CORTEX; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIMULATION; SUSCEPTIBILITY RESISTANT VARIABLE FLIP ANGLE SPIN ECHO IMAGING; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRIC MAGNETIZATION PREPARED RAPID GRADIENT ECHO IMAGING; VOLUNTEER;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 80054105684     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.07.070     Document Type: Article

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