Quantitative magnetization transfer imaging of human brain at 7T

NeuroImage

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 640-649

  Dortch, Richard D ^a,b   Moore, Jay ^a,b   Li, Ke ^a,b   Jankiewicz, Marcin ^a,b   Gochberg, Daniel F ^a,b   Hirtle, Jane A ^b   Gore, John C ^a,b,c,d   Smith, Seth A ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

7T; Brain; Magnetization transfer; Multiple sclerosis; Myelin; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RELIABILITY; SELECTIVE INVERSION RECOVERY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE; VOLUNTEER; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867584676     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.08.047     Document Type: Article

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