Diffusion sensitivity of turbo spin echo sequences

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1528-1537

  Weigel, Matthias ^a   Hennig, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

b factor; diffusion sensitivity; extended phase graph; fast spin echo; rapid acquistion with relaxation enhancement; turbo spin echo

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

B FACTORS; CLINICAL SETTINGS; FAST SPIN ECHOS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHER RESOLUTION; PHASE GRAPHS; PSEUDO STEADY STATE; TURBO SPIN ECHOS;

DIFFUSION;

ANISOTROPY; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION SENSITIVITY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STEADY STATE; TURBO SPIN ECHO SEQUENCE;

EID: 84861230077     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24286     Document Type: Review

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