Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 33-43 , January 2006

Measurement of in vivo multi-component T2 relaxation times for brain tissue using multi-slice T2 prep at 1.5 and 3 T

  • Joonmi Oh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Center for Molecular and Functional Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 415 353 9428; fax: +1 415 353 9425.
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  • Eric T. Han

      Affiliations

    • GE Healthcare, Applied Science Lab-West, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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  • Daniel Pelletier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, UCSF Multiple Sclerosis Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
    • ,
  • Sarah J. Nelson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Center for Molecular and Functional Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA

Received 6 December 2004 ,Revised 14 October 2005 ,Accepted 14 October 2005.

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PII: S0730-725X(05)00309-7

doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2005.10.016

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 33-43 , January 2006

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