MRI-based myelin water imaging: A technical review

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 70-81

  Alonso Ortiz, Eva ^a   Levesque, Ives R ^b   Pike, G Bruce ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain microstructure; Myelin water fraction; Myelin water imaging; T2 distribution; T2 relaxation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; LIPID BILAYERS; SIGNAL SYSTEMS;

ANALYSIS STRATEGIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; IMAGING METHOD; MYELIN WATER FRACTIONS; T2 DISTRIBUTION; T2 RELAXATION; TECHNICAL REVIEWS; WHITE MATTER;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HUMAN; LIPID BILAYER; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELIN WATER IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELAXATION TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VALIDITY; WATER CONTENT; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BODY WATER; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BODY WATER; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MYELIN SHEATH; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84919873732     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25198     Document Type: Article

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