Variable flip angle T1 mapping in the human brain with reduced t2 sensitivity using fast radiofrequency-spoiled gradient echo imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1413-1422

  Heule, Rahel ^a   Ganter, Carl ^b   Bieri, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

fast imaging; human brain tissues; radiofrequency (RF) spoiling; spoiled gradient echo (SPGR); T1 quantification; variable flip angle (VFA)

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; MAPPING;

FAST IMAGING; FLIP ANGLE; GRADIENT ECHO; HUMAN BRAIN; RADIO FREQUENCIES; T1 QUANTIFICATION;

BRAIN MAPPING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84929441064     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25668     Document Type: Article

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