Fast T2 mapping with improved accuracy using undersampled spin-echo MRI and model-based reconstructions with a generating function

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2213-2222

  Sumpf, Tilman J ^a   Petrovic, Andreas ^b,c   Uecker, Martin ^e   Knoll, Florian ^b,d   Frahm, Jens ^a  

^a Biomedizinische NMR Forschungs GmbH   (Germany)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast spin echo (FSE); indirect echoes; model based reconstruction; relaxometry; T2 mapping

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 84914127116     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2014.2333370     Document Type: Article

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