Magnetization Transfer Ratio (MTR) With a Periodic MT Pulse and Zero Echo Time (ZTE) Acquisition for Imaging White Matter Disease
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auditory canal (red arrows) and lack of geometric distortion due to off resonance. Figure 1. Reformats of images acquired with the MT pulse far (MT off) and near (MT on) offresonance, and the resulting MTR. Note gray white matter contrast (column 2), high resolution allowing depiction of the cerebellum (red arrows) and lack of distortion near the sinus and auditory canals (yellow arrow). Magnetization Transfer Ratio (MTR) With a Periodic MT Pulse and Zero Echo Time (ZTE) Acquisition for Imaging White Matter Disease James H Holmes, Alexey Samsonov, Patrick A Turski, Aaron S Field, and Kevin M Johnson Global MR Applications and Workflow, GE Healthcare, Madison, WI, United States, Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States, Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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