The Agfa Mayneord lecture: MRI of short and ultrashort T2and T2* components of tissues, fluids and materials using clinical systems

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1008, 2011, Pages 1067-1082

  Bydder, Graeme M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM CHELATE; METAL; PROTON; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ARTIFACT; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY FLUID; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICAL BONE; ENTHESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; KNEE MENISCUS; LIGAMENT; LIVER; MAGNETISM; MATERIALS; MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SHORT T2 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPINE; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; TENDON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ULTRASHORT T2 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ARTICLE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 82655186376     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/74368403     Document Type: Review

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