Ultrashort TE Imaging: Phase and Frequency Mapping of Susceptibility Effects in Short T2 Tissues of the Musculoskeletal System

Susceptibility Weighted Imaging in MRI: Basic Concepts and Clinical Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 669-696

  Du, Jiang ^a   Carl, Michael ^b   Bydder, Graeme M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ultrashort TE imaging, phase and frequency mapping of susceptibility effects in short T2 tissues of musculoskeletal system; UTE phase imaging, high contrast for short T2 tissues UTESI of Achilles tendon on ankle; UTE spectroscopic imaging, creating high contrast images and susceptibility differences, chemical shift imaging (CSI) or spectroscopic imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655174210     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470905203.ch36     Document Type: Chapter

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