Quantitative comparison between a multiecho sequence and a single-echo sequence for susceptibility-weighted phase imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 722-730

  Gilbert, Guillaume ^a,b   Savard, Geneviève ^b   Bard, Céline ^b   Beaudoin, Gilles ^b  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Iron; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mapping; Multi echo sequence; Phase imaging; R2; Susceptibility weighted

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPOLE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MULTIECHO SEQUENCE FOR SUSCEPTIBILITY-WEIGHTED PHASE IMAGING; NOISE REDUCTION; NOISE STANDARD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE-ECHO SEQUENCE FOR SUSCEPTIBILITY-WEIGHTED PHASE IMAGING; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860446774     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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