Fast three-dimensional proton spectroscopic imaging of the human brain at 3 T by combining spectroscopic missing pulse steady-state free precession and echo planar spectroscopic imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1518-1525

  Dreher, Wolfgang ^a   Erhard, Peter ^a   Leibfritz, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

echo planar spectroscopic imaging; fast spectroscopic imaging; human brain; SSFP

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ECHO-PLANAR SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMAN BRAIN; SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; SSFP; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSIONS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WEIGHTED AVERAGING;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; FAST SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; HEAD; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHANTOM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION;

EID: 81255214950     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22963     Document Type: Article

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