Fast diffusion-weighted steady state free precession imaging of in vivo knee cartilage

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 691-700

  Bieri, O ^a   Ganter, C ^b   Welsch, G H ^c   Trattnig, S ^c   Mamisch, T C ^d   Scheffler, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

diffusion; DWI; quantification; SSFP; steady state

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; CARTILAGE; DIFFUSION; EFFICIENCY; MAGNETIZATION;

DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; LONGITUDINAL MAGNETIZATION; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; QUANTIFICATION; SSFP; STEADY STATE; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSIONS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE MENISCUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION IMAGING;

EID: 84857356710     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.23061     Document Type: Article

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