On the fluid-tissue contrast behavior of high-resolution steady-state sequences

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1586-1592

  Bieri, Oliver ^a   Ganter, Carl ^b   Scheffler, Klaus ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

attenuation; diffusion; fluids; musculoskeletal imaging; SSFP; steady state

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FLUIDS; HISTOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

ATTENUATION; CONTRAST VARIATION; DIFFUSION EFFECTS; SENSITIVITY INCREASE; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; SSFP; STEADY STATE; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSIONS;

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS;

ACCURACY; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; DOUBLE ECHO STEADY STATE IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIMULATION; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 84867870198     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24154     Document Type: Article

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