Quantitative proton density mapping: Correcting the receiver sensitivity bias via pseudo proton densities

NeuroImage

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 540-552

  Volz, Steffen ^a   Nöth, Ulrike ^a   Jurcoane, Alina ^a   Ziemann, Ulf ^a   Hattingen, Elke ^a   Deichmann, Ralf ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Proton density; Receiver sensitivity profile; Spin density; T1; Water content

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RECEIVER COIL SENSITIVITY PROFILE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STROKE;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DENSITOMETRY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84864375585     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.06.076     Document Type: Article

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