Optimized single-slab three-dimensional spin-echo MR imaging of the brain.
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.
Mugler
J P
JP
Dept of Radiology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. jpm7r@virginia.edu
Bao
S
S
Mulkern
R V
RV
Guttmann
C R
CR
Robertson
R L
RL
Jolesz
F A
FA
Brookeman
J R
JR
D016477:Artifacts; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017352:Echo-Planar Imaging; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012984:Software