Rapid whole cerebrum myelin water imaging using a 3D GRASE sequence

NeuroImage

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 533-539

  Prasloski, Thomas ^a   Rauscher, Alexander ^a   MacKay, Alex L ^a   Hodgson, Madeleine ^a   Vavasour, Irene M ^a   Laule, Corree ^a   Mädler, Burkhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Myelin water; T2 relaxation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MYELIN WATER IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL GRADIENT AND SPIN ECHO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY WATER; CEREBRUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 84864354841     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.06.064     Document Type: Article

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