Instantaneous signal loss simulation (InSiL): An improved algorithm for myocardial T1 mapping using the MOLLI sequence

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 721-729

  Shao, Jiaxin ^a   Nguyen, Kim Lien ^a,b,c   Natsuaki, Yutaka ^d   Spottiswoode, Bruce ^d   Hu, Peng ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Siemens Healthcare   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

MR relaxometry; Myocardial scar imaging; Quantitative MRI; T1 mapping

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ERROR; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; INSTANTANEOUS SIGNAL LOSS SIMULATION; MAGNETISM; MALE; MODIFIED LOOK LOCKER INVERSION RECOVERY SEQUENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; HEART; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING PHANTOM; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84923203272     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24599     Document Type: Article

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