Some new observations on pulse sequence dependent diffusion related edge enhancement in MR microscopy

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-203

  Cho, Zang Hee ^a,b,d   Hong, In Ki ^b   Ro, Yong Man ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c Daejeon University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

diffusion dependent edge enhancement in MR microscopy; MR microscopy; pulse sequence dependent edge enhancement in MR microscopy

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DIFFUSION;

EDGE ENHANCEMENTS; FREQUENCY COMPONENTS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MICROSCOPIC SCALE; MR MICROSCOPY; PULSE SEQUENCE; SIGNAL ATTENUATION; SPIN-ECHO SIGNALS;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 9444231681     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910360205     Document Type: Article

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