title: Optimized single-slab three-dimensional spin-echo MR imaging of the brain.
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.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Radiology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. jpm7r@virginia.edu
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Mugler
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Mulkern
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Guttmann
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Jolesz
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Brookeman
mesh_terms: 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