Ultrahigh-resolution imaging of the human brain with phase-cycled balanced steady-state free precession at 7 T

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 278-289

  Zeineh, Michael M ^a   Parekh, Mansi B ^a   Zaharchuk, Greg ^a   Su, Jason H ^a   Rosenberg, Jarrett ^a   Fischbein, Nancy J ^a   Rutt, Brian K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

7 T; brain; bSSFP; FIESTA; high resolution; hippocampus; SRLM; subthalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IRON;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PHASE CYCLED BALANCED STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY DEVICE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SKULL BASE; STRATUM RADIATUM; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ULTRA HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84898453273     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0000000000000015     Document Type: Article

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