T1 Mapping using variable flip angle SPGR data with flip angle correction

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 171-180

  Liberman, Gilad ^a,b   Louzoun, Yoram ^b   Ben Bashat, Dafna ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

FA correction, SPGR; relaxometry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FEMALE; FLIP ANGLE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHANTOM; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPOILED GRADIENT RECALLED ECHO; WHITE MATTER; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; ISRAEL; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ISRAEL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902386772     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24373     Document Type: Article

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