In vitro and in vivo comparison of two-, three- and four-point Dixon techniques for clinical intramuscular fat quantification at 3T

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1036, 2014, Pages

  Noble, J J ^a,b   Keevil, S F ^a,c   Totman, J ^a   Charles Edwards, G D ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; WATER;

EID: 84907494629     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20130761     Document Type: Article

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