Impact of different coils on biochemical T2 and T2*relaxation time mapping of articular patella cartilage

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1565-1572

  Pachowsky, Milena L ^a,b   Trattnig, Siegfried ^a   Apprich, Sebastian ^a   Mauerer, Andreas ^b   Zbyn, Stephan ^a   Welsch, Goetz H ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Coil; mapping; MRI; T2; T2 mapping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR PATELLA CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TIME; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE; PATELLA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84885428296     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-013-1699-z     Document Type: Article

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