Quantification of cervical spine muscle fat: A comparison between T1-weighted and multi-echo gradient echo imaging using a variable projection algorithm (VARPRO)

BMC Medical Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Elliott, James M ^a   Walton, David M ^b   Rademaker, Alfred ^a   Parrish, Todd B ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84883622476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2342-13-30     Document Type: Article

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