Basic Contrast Mechanisms

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 771, Issue , 2011, Pages 45-67

  Schröder, Leif ^a   Faber, Cornelius ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

contrast agent; magnetization transfer contrast; Proton density; T 1; T 2

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 80054790329     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-219-9_3     Document Type: Chapter

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