High resolution T2*-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 3 Tesla using PROPELLER-EPI

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 164-173

  Krämer, Martin ^a   Reichenbach, Jürgen R ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echoplanar imaging; FMRI; PROPELLER EPI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84900516494     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: 18764436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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