Three-dimensional water/fat separation and T 2 * estimation based on whole-image optimization-Application in breathhold liver imaging at 1.5 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1684-1693

  Berglund, Johan ^a   Kullberg, Joel ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

chemical shift imaging; liver fat; mapping; quadratic pseudo Boolean optimization; quantitative MRI; T 2; water and fat separation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SHIFT; MAPPING; SEPARATION;

AUTOMATIC METHOD; CHEMICAL SHIFT IMAGING; IMAGE OPTIMIZATION; PSEUDO-BOOLEAN OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE MRIS; RAPID OPTIMIZATION; SOLUTION SPACE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

FAT; WATER;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIVER; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OBESITY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 84861228610     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.23185     Document Type: Article

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