Quantitative multi-parameter mapping of R1, PD*, MT, and R2* at 3T: A multi-center validation

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 JUN, 2013, Pages

  Weiskopf, Nikolaus ^a   Suckling, John ^b,c,d   Williams, Guy ^b,c   Correia M , Marta ^e   Inkster, Becky ^b   Tait, Roger ^c   Ooi, Cinly ^b,c   Bullmore T , Edward ^b,c,d,f   Lutti, Antoine ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^f ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3T; MPM; MT; Multi center; PD; qMRI; T1; T2

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETERS; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VOLUNTEER; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 84892367098     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00095     Document Type: Article

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