Human brain iron mapping using atlas-based T2 relaxometry

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 731-739

  Hasan, Khader M ^a   Walimuni, Indika S ^a   Kramer, Larry A ^a   Narayana, Ponnada A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

atlas; FDRI; human brain mapping; iron mapping; MFC; relaxation rate

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; IRON; MAPPING; RELAXATION TIME;

ATLAS; FDRI; HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING; LINEAR MODELING; QUANTITATIVE MRIS; RELAXATION RATES; SURROGATE MEASURES; TRANSVERSE RELAXATION RATE;

BRAIN MAPPING;

IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLAS; AUTOPSY; BASAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELAXATION TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 84855614066     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.23054     Document Type: Article

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