Detailing magnetic field strength dependence and segmental artifact distribution of myocardial effective transverse relaxation rate at 1.5, 3.0, and 7.0 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2224-2230

  Meloni, Antonella ^a   Hezel, Fabian ^b   Positano, Vincenzo ^a   Keilberg, Petra ^a   Pepe, Alessia ^a   Lombardi, Massimo ^a   Niendorf, Thoralf ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE TOSCANA GABRIELE MONASTERIO   (Italy)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

7.0 T; cardiac imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; myocardial tissue characterization; susceptibility artifacts; ultrahigh field MR

Indexed keywords

HEART; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

7.0 T; CARDIAC IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL TISSUE; SUSCEPTIBILITY ARTIFACTS; ULTRAHIGH-FIELD MR;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; CARDIAC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; HEART; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETISM; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE;

EID: 84900831108     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24856     Document Type: Article

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