Contrast at high field: Relaxation times, magnetization transfer and phase in the rat brain at 16.4 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1572-1581

  Pohmann, Rolf ^a   Shajan, G ^a   Balla, D Z ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

magnetization transfer; phase imaging; rat brain; relaxation times; ultra high field

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIZATION; RATS; RELAXATION TIME;

MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; PHASE IMAGING; RAT BRAIN; RELAXATION TIMES; ULTRA-HIGH FIELDS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 81355147701     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22949     Document Type: Article

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