Quantification of low fat contents: A comparison of MR imaging and spectroscopy methods at 1.5 and 3 T

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1461-1467

  Månsson, Sven ^a   Peterson, Pernilla ^a   Johansson, Edvin ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Detection limits; Fat quantification; IDEAL; Magnetic resonance imaging; MR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPLEX IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT CONTENT; FAT FRACTION; FAT WATER PHASE SHIFT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAGNITUDE IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING 1.5 T; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING 3 T; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 1.5 T; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 3 T; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R2 RELAXATION RATE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SPECTROMETER; T2 RELAXATION RATE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER;

EID: 84868646885     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.04.023     Document Type: Article

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