Effects of B1 inhomogeneity correction for three-dimensional variable flip angle T1 measurements in hip dGEMRIC at 3 T and 1.5 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1776-1781

  Siversson, Carl ^a   Chan, Jenny ^b   Tiderius, Carl Johan ^a   Mamisch, Tallal Charles ^c   Jellus, Vladimir ^d   Svensson, Jonas ^a   Kim, Young Jo ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cartilage; dGEMRIC

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

DGEMRIC; EXCITATION PULSE; FLIP ANGLE; GRADIENT ECHO SEQUENCES; INHOMOGENEITIES; INHOMOGENEITY CORRECTION; PHANTOM STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS;

CARTILAGE;

GADOLINIUM;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHANTOM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ALGORITHM; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHILD; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861226958     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.23150     Document Type: Article

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