Optimization of rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement (RARE) pulse sequence parameters for 19F-MRI studies

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 162-170

  Mastropietro, Alfonso ^a,b   De Bernardi, Elisabetta ^a,c   Breschi, Gian Luca ^b,d   Zucca, Ileana ^b   Cametti, Massimo ^b   Soffientini, Chiara Dolores ^a   De Curtis, Marco ^b   Terraneo, Giancarlo ^d   Metrangolo, Pierangelo ^b   Spreafico, Roberto ^d   Resnati, Giuseppe ^b   Baselli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

fast spin echo; molecular imaging; pulse sequence optimization; RARE; sensitivity threshold

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; EX VIVO STUDY; FLUORINE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; GUINEA PIG; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RAPID ACQUISITION WITH RELAXATION ENHANCEMENT; RELAXATION TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC USE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FLUORINE; PROTON;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; GUINEA PIGS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84902374270     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24347     Document Type: Article

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