In vivo measurement of longitudinal relaxation time of human blood by inversion-recovery fast gradient-echo MR imaging at 3T

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 265-271

  Shimada, Kazuki ^a   Nagasaka, Tatsuo ^a   Shidahara, Miho ^b   Machida, Yoshio ^b   Tamura, Hajime ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial spin labeling; MRI; Perfusion; Relaxation rate; T1

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; FUNCTIONS OF THE HEMIC, LYMPHATIC AND RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEMS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPIN LABELING;

ADULT; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUGULAR VEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPIN LABELS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872063153     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.11.265     Document Type: Article

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