Sensitivity-enhanced chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI with least squares optimization of Carr Purcell Meiboom Gill multi-echo echo planar imaging

Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 177-181

  Sun, Phillip Zhe ^a   Wang, Yu ^a,b   Lu, Jie ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amide proton transfer (APT); Carr Purcell Meiboom Gill (CPMG); Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST); Echo planar imaging (EPI); PH

Indexed keywords

AMIDE PROTON TRANSFER (APT); CARR-PURCELL-MEIBOOM-GILL (CPMG); CHEMICAL EXCHANGE SATURATION TRANSFER (CEST); ECHO PLANAR IMAGING (EPI); PH;

ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84893862579     PISSN: 15554309     EISSN: 15554317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.1546     Document Type: Article

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