Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 341-350 , April 2010

SNR-optimized myocardial perfusion imaging using parallel acquisition for effective density-weighted saturation recovery imaging

  • Marcel Gutberlet

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Röntgendiagnostik, Universität Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 931 201 34328; fax: +49 931 201 34471.
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  • Oliver Geier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, N-0027 Oslo, Norway
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  • Daniel Stäb

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Röntgendiagnostik, Universität Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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  • Christian Ritter

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Röntgendiagnostik, Universität Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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  • Meinrad Beer

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Röntgendiagnostik, Universität Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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  • Dietbert Hahn

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Röntgendiagnostik, Universität Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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  • Herbert Köstler

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Röntgendiagnostik, Universität Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany

Received 3 March 2009 ,Revised 28 July 2009 ,Accepted 26 November 2009.

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☆ This manuscript was approved by all contributing authors and they attested that the manuscript represents honest work. All authors fulfill the requirement for authorship. This manuscript has not been and will not be published in any other journal. There is no conflict of interest for any of the contributing authors.

☆☆ Grant sponsor: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). Grant numbers: KO 2938/1-2, KO 2938/2-1.

PII: S0730-725X(09)00286-0

doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.11.007

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 341-350 , April 2010

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