Optimized single-slab three-dimensional spin-echo MR imaging of the brain

J P Mugler 3rd; S Bao; R V Mulkern; C R Guttmann; R L Robertson; F A Jolesz; J R Brookeman

doi:10.1148/radiology.216.3.r00au46891

Optimized single-slab three-dimensional spin-echo MR imaging of the brain

Radiology. 2000 Sep;216(3):891-9. doi: 10.1148/radiology.216.3.r00au46891.

Authors

J P Mugler 3rd¹, S Bao, R V Mulkern, C R Guttmann, R L Robertson, F A Jolesz, J R Brookeman

Affiliation

¹ Dept of Radiology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. jpm7r@virginia.edu

PMID: 10966728
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.216.3.r00au46891

Abstract

The development and optimization of spin-echo-based, single-slab, three-dimensional techniques for magnetic resonance imaging of the whole brain are described. T1-weighted and T2-weighted image sets with a volume resolution of 1 mm(3) and fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery image sets with a volume resolution of 3 mm(3) were obtained in acquisition times of less than 10 minutes per image set.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Artifacts
Brain / anatomy & histology*
Computer Simulation
Echo-Planar Imaging*
Humans
Image Enhancement*
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Software

Grants and funding

NS-35142/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States